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Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme Office Accommodation (14 Jan 2015)

Simon Harris: Under the Government Decentralised Programme announced in 2003 the Office of Public Works entered into a number of leases to provide office accommodation to house both temporary advance parties and long term permanent office requirements. Many of the short term leases (5 years or under) have been surrendered on completion of permanent office facilities; others have been extended at a reduced...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Meetings (3 May 2023)

Simon Harris: ...to progress matters of mutual interest. The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in tabular form below. Minister McEntee Date Details 19/10/2022 Minister Naomi Long - Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) meeting 02/02/2022 Minister Naomi Long - Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) meeting  ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long Stay Residential Units (22 Nov 2016)

Simon Harris: Legislation to commence residential support services maintenance and accommodation contributions (long stay contributions) will come into operation on 1 January 2017 under sections 67A to 67D of the Health Act 1970 and the Health (Residential Support Services Maintenance and Accommodation Contributions) Regulations 2016. From that date, long stay contributions will replace the existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (24 Jan 2017)

Simon Harris: ...case referred to is a service matter for the Health Service Executive, I have asked the HSE to look into the particular matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy. On 1 January 2017, "long stay contributions" under sections 67A to 67D of the Health Act 1970 and the Health (Residential Support Services Maintenance and Accommodation Contributions) Regulations 2016 replaced the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (31 Jan 2019)

Simon Harris: The role of the NTPF is to authorise public hospitals to offer outsourced treatment to clinically suitable long waiting patients who are on an inpatient/day case waiting list for surgery, having been referred on to such a list following clinical assessment by a consultant/specialist at an outpatient clinic. NTPF authorisations are made in respect of the longest waiting patients first. ...

Public Accounts Committee: 2011 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts (27 Jun 2013)

Simon Harris: ...Local Government in March 2013. I was given figures on the outstanding amount of development levies for each local authority categorised under two headings, "current development levy debtors" and "long-term development levy debtors", respectively. When one adds up the current and long-term debtors, local authorities are owed or expect to be owed a total of €750 million. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I acknowledge that waiting times are often unacceptably long and am conscious of the impact of this on people’s lives. Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Delays (3 May 2017)

Simon Harris: I acknowledge that waiting times are often unacceptably long and am conscious of the impact of this on people’s lives. Reducing waiting times for the longest waiting patients is one of this Government's key priorities. Consequently, Budget 2017 allocated €20 million to the NTPF, rising to €55 million in 2018. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (14 May 2024)

Simon Harris: ...of rent pressure zones for a further year until 31 December 2025. The Deputy likes to talk about failure but the statistics show significant progress being made for many homeowners. On long-term leasing, let me be clear the phasing out of long-term leasing is well under way, with 3,500 social homes to be delivered through long-term leasing from 2022 to the end of 2025. Most of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (19 Feb 2019)

Simon Harris: There are no plans at present to add Fibromyalgia to the list of conditions currently listed under the Long Term illness scheme.  However, any patient with a condition, not listed under the Long Term Illness Scheme, is eligible to apply to the Drugs Payment Scheme or to apply for a Medical Card. As elements of this PQ refer to service matters, it is being referred to the HSE for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Car Park Charges (11 Jul 2017)

Simon Harris: ...their own guidelines. I am aware that those hospitals which charge parking fees are very cognisant of the financial implications of parking costs for patients and their families, particularly those with long-term illnesses. Consequently, some hospitals have introduced a maximum daily fixed parking charge, thus capping this expense. Some hospitals provide reduced car parking fees for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Costs (14 Feb 2023)

Simon Harris: The special rate of grant in the student support scheme has, as a matter of long-standing policy, been targeted at applicants who are the dependents of people receiving long-term welfare payments, where the relevant eligibility criteria are met. This policy position was first articulated by the 2001 McNamara report which considered how to target resources most effectively to support access to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Respite Care Services Provision (9 Nov 2016)

Simon Harris: Long stay charges for in-patient services - which may include in-patient respite care - apply to the further provision of in-patient services, other than acute services and nursing home services in public nursing homes supported under the Nursing Homes Support Scheme (Fair Deal), to persons who have already received at least 30 days of in-patient services during the immediately preceding...

Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) (5 Dec 2018)

Simon Harris: We have had a very long debate on conscientious objection, and this is another issue relating to it. It was quite a good and useful debate. The points I made during that very long debate, to which we all contributed, I reiterate here. The Medical Council guidelines are very clear on what the duty to refer comprises. The law on conscientious objection is not changing even though the law on...

Covid-19 (Health): Statements (27 May 2020)

Simon Harris: The Deputy is correct. It is a long-known fact - indeed, the Sláintecare plan speaks very much to this - that there is a lack of integration between our nursing homes, be they public or private, and the HSE in general. I am not sure GPs and others would fully accept the view that there is no clinical involvement or governance, but I do think it is a shortcoming in relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...of specialties through both outsourcing and HSE insourcing. The Action Plan has been developed to ensure an appropriate balance between high volume activities and offering treatment to complex long waiting patients. For very long waiting patients, the Action Plan sets a target that the NTPF will provide 1,200 procedures in 2018. This could include those waiting for bariatric...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: ...and for outpatient appointments. During 2016, there has been evidence of a considerable increase in demand for health services, as our population grows and ages. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, the HSE is currently developing Waiting List Action Plans for 2017 in the area of Inpatient Daycase, Scoliosis and Outpatient Services. Draft Waiting List Action Plans for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists Action Plans (29 May 2018)

Simon Harris: ...more than 9 months for treatment in a number of high volume specialties - including cataract, hip and knee replacement, tonsils and scopes. Under the Action Plan the number of patients waiting longer than 9 months will fall by 10,000.  The overall number of patients waiting for hospital operations and procedures will fall to under 70,000 by year end. The Action Plan has been...

Other Questions: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 Mar 2017)

Simon Harris: ...and for outpatient appointments. During 2016, there has been evidence of a considerable increase in demand for health services as our population grows and ages. In order to reduce the numbers of long-waiting patients, the HSE is developing waiting list action plans in the area of inpatient, day case, scoliosis and outpatient services, which is the issue the Deputy has raised. Draft...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Eligibility (25 Oct 2016)

Simon Harris: The Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme was established under Section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 (as amended). The conditions covered by the scheme are: acute leukaemia; mental handicap; cerebral palsy; mental illness (in a person under 16); cystic fibrosis; multiple sclerosis; diabetes insipidus; muscular dystrophies; diabetes mellitus; parkinsonism; epilepsy; phenylketonuria; haemophilia;...