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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the detailed query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Water Charges Exemptions (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Water charges are the responsibility of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government. My Department has and will provide any advice sought by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the issue of providing safe clean water to our population including those with increased water usage associated with their medical conditions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Similar to other non-life insurance contracts, health insurance contracts generally have a duration of twelve months. I understand that current market practice for the health insurers is to apply a cancellation charge equal to the stamp duty levy to customers who cancel policies or opt to change provider mid-contract. An administration fee may also be charged. It is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE's National Screening Service does not recommend prostate cancer screening for asymptomatic men. Also, international evidence does not support the introduction of a population based screening programme for prostate cancer. I do not propose to introduce such a programme at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy, as this is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter the question was forwarded to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The percentage of private patients that can be seen by a consultant in a public hospital depends on the type of consultant contract held. Type A contract holders have no access to private practice. For those consultants with access to private practice within public hospitals, the volume of private practice may not exceed 20% of the Consultants clinical workload in any of his or her clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to acute care, the HSE National Integrated Care Guidance (2014) has been developed by the National Integrated Care Advisory Group under the auspices of the Quality and Patient Safety Division. The guidance is based on feedback received following extensive national and targeted consultation with service providers in both the acute and community healthcare settings, and on review of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2014 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is one of a large number of applications currently being assessed by my Department. The organisation will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 was enacted in July 2013 and commenced in January 2014. The purpose of this Act is to restate the general prohibition on abortion in Ireland while regulating access to lawful termination of pregnancy in accordance with the X case and the judgment in the European Court of Human Right in the A, B and C v Ireland case. The Act also creates...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Article 40.3.3° of the Irish Constitution states that ‘The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.’ The interpretation of Article 40.3.3° was considered by the Supreme Court in Attorney...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin is an acute paediatric hospital and is one of the three children’s hospitals that form the Children’s Hospital Group. It is responsible for providing tertiary care services for children all over Ireland. The hospital also serves a large urban catchment area to which it delivers primary and secondary care. The hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014,has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIV-AIDS Programmes (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: HIV is a in Ireland since September 2011 and is transmitted through contact with the blood, semen, vaginal fluid, or breast milk of a person infected with HIV. The most common way to get HIV is by having unprotected sex with a person who has HIV. Unprotected sex means not using a condom. Another common way to get HIV is by sharing drug injection equipment (such as needles and syringes)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It was agreed that there are a number of questions that need to be considered when designing a public defibrillation programme for Ireland and Government approval was therefore granted for the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a Public Access Defibrillator Programme for Ireland. The Expert Advisory Group on Public Access...