# simon-harris - Tuesday 10 September, 2019
The project has been mired in controversy over spiralling costs.
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Facebook says certain hashtags are banned and ads rejected in a bid to stop misinformation from gaining traction.
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# simon-harris - Monday 9 September, 2019
The health minister sent letters to companies like Facebook and Google in recent weeks.
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# simon-harris - Monday 2 September, 2019
Leo Varadkar insisted some politicians had been “scaremongering” over the children’s hospital overspend.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 28 August, 2019
Harris has said free dental care for children will begin to be rolled out from next year
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A new remuneration policy will be announced next month.
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# simon-harris - Tuesday 27 August, 2019
Harris is considering advice from the Attorney General on mandatory vaccination.
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First-year students will be able to get the HPV vaccine this September.
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# simon-harris - Monday 26 August, 2019
A new report says all new consultants should move to a contract that will end private clinics in public hospitals.
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Currently there are no basic training requirements for staff and no age of consent required.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 21 August, 2019
The vaccination programme was rolled out to teenage girls in 2010, but the government committed to making it available to boys in secondary school from September.
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# simon-harris - Monday 19 August, 2019
Today, Simon Harris launched the National Cancer Survivorship Needs Assessment, called Living With and Beyond Cancer in Ireland.
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A total of 42 schools built by WBS were inspected over concerns about structural problems.
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# simon-harris - Monday 12 August, 2019
The idea is backed by Minister for Health Simon Harris.
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Currently,13.5% VAT applies to condoms, but the minister wants this brought down to 0%.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 7 August, 2019
Patient representatives, however, say a full apology is only possible with a full understanding of who’s accountable.
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# simon-harris - Tuesday 6 August, 2019
The review was published this afternoon.
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# simon-harris - Monday 29 July, 2019
The legislation will be considered by government in September.
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# simon-harris - Sunday 28 July, 2019
As of the end of June, 7,217 people are waiting on home support packages in the country.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 24 July, 2019
An outbreak of infection earlier this year saw eight babies affected – with the death of one infant referred to the coroner.
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# simon-harris - Tuesday 23 July, 2019
Meanwhile, Health Minister Simon Harris has launched a public consultation on the impact of climate change on the health sector.
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# simon-harris - Monday 22 July, 2019
A total of 6,819 people are waiting for funding for home help hours, but the HSE continues to deny any cuts to the service.
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# simon-harris - Friday 19 July, 2019
In May, Harris spoke to representatives of the HSE about why abortion services are available in just half of maternity hospitals and units.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 17 July, 2019
Harris described today’s announcement as the biggest restructuring of the HSE in 15 years .
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# simon-harris - Tuesday 16 July, 2019
Meanwhile, the HSE says that 52 of the women who were re-tested were found to have HPV.
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The Health Department said it will be asking the HSE to fully implement abortion services in all maternity hospitals and units by September.
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# simon-harris - Monday 15 July, 2019
Simon Harris said he was not made aware of the IT glitch until last Wednesday.
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The Department of Health has said the opening hours of the new unit have not yet been finalised.
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# simon-harris - Thursday 11 July, 2019
“It is unfortunate that the CervicalCheck programme has been hit with another body blow,” Sinn Féin TD Louise O’Reilly said.
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As of 7am this morning, psychiatric nurses have not been carrying out work beyond their contracted hours.
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“We shouldn’t have to change the law to have a basic understanding of decency,” Harris said.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 10 July, 2019
The group that staged a protest outside the National Maternity Hospital with three small white coffins plans to return this Saturday.
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# simon-harris - Tuesday 9 July, 2019
A working group on the matter was established by government earlier this year.
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# simon-harris - Monday 8 July, 2019
Benzodiazepine medicine use in women over 65 years is 40% higher than in men, finds a new report.
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The substantial variation needs further investigation, the report says.
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# simon-harris - Sunday 7 July, 2019
Cheaper drinks with a high alcohol content will see the biggest price change.
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# simon-harris - Thursday 4 July, 2019
Last month the HSE confirmed that funding of €5.7 million has been approved for the development.
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# simon-harris - Wednesday 3 July, 2019
Only patients with specific medical conditions can access medicinal cannabis under the new programme.
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# simon-harris - Monday 1 July, 2019
Simon Harris has called for cross party support for the motion.
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Payouts have totalled €108 million for the first five months of 2019.
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