# minister-for-health - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
Since 2012 there has been a 66% increase in the number of people with no private or public health cover, writes Feilim O’Rourke.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 4 March, 2019
Technicians from the Defence Forces have confirmed that the powder was non-hazardous
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 19 February, 2019
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Fianna Fáil TDs have reportedly been urged by the party whip to attend the vote tomorrow evening.
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# minister-for-health - Saturday 16 February, 2019
# minister-for-health - Saturday 9 February, 2019
The controversy over the costs of the project is just the latest in a series of problems to affect the project
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# minister-for-health - Thursday 6 December, 2018
Thousands of scans affecting 26,000 patients were reviewed – of those, 11 people’s cancer diagnoses were delayed, it was found.
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The executive published its €30m Winter Plan for 2018/19 today.
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# minister-for-health - Friday 16 November, 2018
The number of patients waiting more than 9 months for treatment has reduced by 38%.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 26 September, 2018
Questions surrounding the payment were raised at the Public Accounts Committee yesterday.
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 18 September, 2018
The HSE launched a vaccine information campaign today, confirming two in three women are now being inoculated against the HPV virus.
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The new board of the HSE will be accountable to the minister, the department of health said.
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# minister-for-health - Sunday 26 August, 2018
A review found that additional staff are needed in order for the NAS to meet response time targets.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 21 May, 2018
The Health Minister joined the Masters of Ireland’s two main maternity hospitals in calling for a Yes vote in Friday’s referendum today.
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 13 February, 2018
Ireland is to open negotiations with four countries on drug pricing and supply.
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 6 February, 2018
The government has said it wants terminations to be a ‘GP-led’ service.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Noreen O’Neill said her son has been seizure-free for more than a fortnight.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 10 July, 2017
Just 7% of all surgeons in Ireland are women.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 3 July, 2017
Overcrowding in Irish hospitals increased in the first three months of 2017.
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# minister-for-health - Friday 30 June, 2017
Simon Harris said he supports repealing the Eighth Amendment.
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# minister-for-health - Friday 5 May, 2017
Staffing and retention are two key issues that nearly led to industrial action in the nursing sector earlier this year.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 22 March, 2017
The Minister for Health outlined his “vision” for the future of Irish healthcare at a Dáil committee this morning.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 6 March, 2017
Health Minister Simon Harris said that he wants a good deal for the taxpayer and, most importantly, for patients.
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# minister-for-health - Thursday 9 February, 2017
His comments follow Monday’s night RTÉ Investigates programme, which revealed hidden waiting list figures.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 22 August, 2016
Simon Harris took the somewhat surprising action of thanking the two women directly.
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# minister-for-health - Thursday 19 May, 2016
Over 20,000 people in Ireland suffer from either Crohn’s or ulcerative colitis. Clara Caslin shares her story.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 24 February, 2016
TheJournal.ie asked other former health ministers when they were made aware of the case.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 8 February, 2016
The minister said he accepted that overcrowding can also delay patient treatment.
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# minister-for-health - Friday 18 December, 2015
Philip Morris accused Australia of using a procedural issue to avoid addressing the legality and effectiveness of plain packages, calling the move “regrettable”.
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 24 November, 2015
The Taoiseach accused former health minister Micheál Martin of doubling health spend without achieving any results.
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 17 November, 2015
Here’s everything you need to know about what’s happening in Irish politics right now…
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# minister-for-health - Tuesday 29 September, 2015
Fianna Fáil says that an email in the Irish Times came about because of ‘self-serving leaks’.
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# minister-for-health - Sunday 12 July, 2015
# minister-for-health - Saturday 4 July, 2015
The Minister for Health is happy with the progress so far.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 3 June, 2015
Patients will be transferred to a larger, more modern, hospital in Portrane.
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# minister-for-health - Thursday 21 May, 2015
The Mater Hospital is today celebrating 10 years of lung transplants and thirty years of heart transplants.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 11 March, 2015
Philip Morris is threatening legal action.
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# minister-for-health - Thursday 26 February, 2015
There have been calls for an upgrade in the cardiology services available in University Hospital Waterford.
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# minister-for-health - Friday 20 February, 2015
The Health Minister says he’s working on it but the waiting lists have swelled by almost a third since this time last year.
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# minister-for-health - Wednesday 4 February, 2015
There will also be regulation of sports sponsorship for the first time if new legislation agreed by the Government passes.
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# minister-for-health - Monday 19 January, 2015
He spoke publicly about his sexuality on radio yesterday.
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'I'm happy for the project to continue': Simon Harris rules out re-tendering children's hospital
The Minister was responding to a statement by BAM that suggested it would pull out of the contract if the Government wanted.
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