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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: With regard to how it will be treated, there was a discussion at Cabinet yesterday. This evening, I will meet the Chairman of the committee specifically on the report. We have proposed there should be a debate in the House on the report and I understand the Whip is working with the Business Committee to schedule it. Each Minister has been asked to respond in detail to each individual...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It definitely needs to be at the centre of what we do in future.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Mattie McGrath for raising this important issue. I am afraid I do not have an up-to-date note in front of me on the particular issues he has raised with regard to Tipperary but I read the coverage at the time of the events he mentioned and I share his revulsion at the fact that basic things such as patient care and hygiene were not attended to properly in that unit, which is...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: On the case and facility referred to by the Deputy, I am advised that the HSE has accepted the report of the Mental Health Commission and put a plan in place to deal with it and funding has been allocated to implement it.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Once again, I must emphasise that patient dignity and basic hygiene do not require much resources and that there should be no excuse for treating patients------

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----with a lack of dignity or for basic hygiene standards not being followed. I cannot comment on the specific request made by the Deputy for additional inpatient beds in Tipperary.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: As I previously stated, the model of care towards which we are moving in mental health is away from mental hospitals and psychiatric institutions and towards community care. By and large, that has been the right policy direction.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister of State with responsibly for mental health, Deputy Jim Daly, has committed to meet Tipperary Deputies in the coming weeks to discuss this matter. I am sure the Deputy will use that as an opportunity to put across his suggestions.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: Once again, the Deputy is being a little bit disingenuous. I did not say that he criticised the programme; I said that he criticised senior people working in CervicalCheck. He stated that they were cold and calculating and suggested they may have been involved in illegality. He went on to subsequently suggest that they may have been involved in a conspiracy. I am not saying that he said...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----when he made those comments in order that everyone can know. I am unsure what specific aspect of the record the Deputy wishes to have corrected. Certainly, if it needs to be corrected, the Minister will do that. I am not quite clear exactly what the Deputy is saying needs to be corrected.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: On the Deputy's final point regarding the HPV test, I cannot give a date for its roll-out. The policy decision has been made by Government to introduce the test and the money has been allocated, but that now needs to be operationalised by the HSE. Having missed the deadlines that were previously committed to-----

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: -----I cannot, hand on heart, state in full confidence on what date that will be done.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I cannot currently answer those questions. They are probably best raised directly with the Minister for Health. I understand it is a report of the HSE and not the Department of Health, so it may not be within the authority of the Minister to publish it. Obviously, as is always the case with reports, if they pertain to certain individuals there may be issues with their publication. I am...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I too am very shocked by the shooting that occurred yesterday outside Riversdale Community College on Blanchardstown Road North in my constituency. My constituency agent is visiting the school today to see if there is any way we can help or any additional supports we can provide. I hope to visit the school in the coming days. I know it well and know people who attended it. It must have...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: People are free to join any union they wish to join. I understand this dispute is of a different nature. It involves union recognition. The HSE already recognises three unions representing the National Ambulance Service staff and paramedics. It also relates to the fact that the HSE is not willing to deduct, from wages, dues for the union in question. No employer, either public or...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I do not have a date for that legislation. On the question of transparency on advertising online, I understand each political party, in its SIPO returns, produces the relevant information.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: This was raised before and I checked it. Maybe all parties do not provide the information but some do. It is entirely appropriate that what political parties spend on advertising be listed. Money spent by Departments cannot be used for political purposes.

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy has raised three specific projects in his constituency. I do not have in front of me the schedule indicating when they will start but I will ask the Minister for Health to provide the Deputy with a detailed reply. I did not hear the Minister's comments but I can confirm that there are those around the country trying to make out that any time a project is delayed, even one that...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: I believe the patient safety Bill is on the A list for publication in this session, over the course of the next 12 weeks. I am aware of the long-standing problem of severe overcrowding at University Hospital Limerick. I do not know the details of the reason for the closure of the 17-bed ward mentioned by the Deputy. I know that 60 additional beds are being provided in Limerick. That work...

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (3 Apr 2019)

Leo Varadkar: It also has a new block in the Leben building. I hope the 60 beds that are being provided will make a difference.