Results 25,741-25,760 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The guidelines are not optional and doctors can be struck off for not following them. Open disclosure has been policy for all HSE staff since 2013 and staff can be disciplined for not following open disclosure. The decision we made - it is in the programme for Government in black and white - is to proceed with voluntary open disclosure for all errors and mandatory open disclosure for those...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Act will be commenced by June and is designed to create a culture of truth in which doctors, nurses, midwives, scientists and others feel they can make an apology without it being seen as an admission of guilt and admit a mistake without it being used against them. We need to create a culture of truth in the health service where people operate in that space. The next step is to...
- Leaders' Questions (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: We need to change the culture in the health service so that people change their attitudes towards these things.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The decision was made on the basis that there was no conflict of interest-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----and that his contract permits the director general to serve on boards if there is no conflict of interest. The relevant paragraph of the letter permitting him to join that board states that approval in principle was conveyed by the Minister for Health on 6 June 2017 on the basis that the business, Evofem, is based outside the State and is neither competitive with nor engaging in any...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----that normal director fees would be payable; and that the functions would be performed in his own time without any detriment to his work as director general of the HSE.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I have not seen the report but I will ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Harris, to respond to Deputy McDonald's question.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I am somewhat out of date when it comes to medicine. It is a very valid question but I would not to give an answer as I am not an expert in the area. The new test to which we are moving is more accurate.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: We will be among the first countries in the world to move to that test. The Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, did a detailed health technology assessment, HTA, on this and came to that conclusion. I have not had a chance to read that yet. I would invite the Deputy to examine the HIQA HTA on that which would explain all these issues.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: As I think I explained yesterday in the Dáil, 50% of the tests are done in Irish laboratories and 50% are done in US laboratories. Two US laboratories are used - one in New Jersey and one in Texas - and one laboratory is used in the Coombe hospital, not too far from here. The Health Service Executive audit that was done does not show any statistically significant difference in terms of...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Minister of State, Deputy Jim Daly, will respond.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is. I know Thomas Lynch. He would be well known to many people in business circles. He is a successful businessperson who is the chair of a number of bodies, including that board. To my knowledge he has no involvement whatsoever in CervicalCheck. That is it.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is. That is a matter of public record, yes. I did not appoint him as anything.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I was pleased yesterday to see that unemployment has fallen below 6% and now stands at 5.9% for the first time in more than ten years. In County Leitrim the live register figures have fallen from 3,640 in 2011 to 1,965 now, and in Sligo they have fallen from 5,543 to 3,302 now. We are seeing a very significant fall in unemployment in both counties, and if one takes the Border counties as a...
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy is getting her slogans mixed up.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: The programme for Government commits to an expansion of primary care centres throughout the State and almost 100 new centres have opened up in recent years. We have seen an enormous improvement in the quality of buildings and facilities throughout the country. I do not have detailed information to hand on Drogheda but I will ask the Minister for Health to reply to the Deputy in writing.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I cannot make a blanket commitment like that. A lot of the documentation may involve personal information regarding individuals-----
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: -----but I note the request.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: I will refer that question to the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, Deputy Naughten.
- Questions on Promised Legislation (2 May 2018)
Leo Varadkar: It is a long time since we had 3% inflation. I think we have had deflation more recently than we have had 3% inflation.