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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of the Department of Health is set out in legislation. In line with Government Decision S180/20/10/1424 of 2011, relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department currently advertises for board vacancies as they arise, where I, as Minister for Health, have nominating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies Funding (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The published estimate and the outturn for the Health Information and Quality Authority for the past 5 years is as follows: - Published Estimate (€m) Out-turn (€m) 2009 13.571 11.10 2010 14.757 9.50 2011 11.700 8.80 2012 13.000 9.00 2013 12.740 10.00 While sufficient financial resources have been made available to HIQA to perform its regulatory and monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has been informed by the Health Information and Quality Authority that it has not carried out an investigation of the Emergency Department at Beaumont Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The GP plays a central role in the health service and, in most cases, he/she is the first medical practitioner whose advice a patient seeks. The majority of GPs in Ireland are private contractors who provide services to the public health system under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme. As of 30 April 2014, 2,416 GPs were contracted to provide services under the GMS Scheme. GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE is continuing to experience a significant increase in demand for its services which is reflected in an upward trend reported in waiting lists for July 2014. The success of the outpatient initiative run by the HSE at the end of 2013 and further validation work in 2014 resulted in facilitation of 33,000 additional outpatient appointments in 2013 and an additional 55,883 outpatient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Government is committed to continuing support for initiatives to tackle the drug problem. Funding in 2015 for community drugs initiatives will be determined in the context of the Estimates process, taking into account the need to protect front line service provision as far as possible. In line with previous years, funding will be focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 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: Ambulance Service Report (2 Oct 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: HSE Records (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Issues relating to the National Archives Act, 1986 are a matter for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The Health Service Executive is not a scheduled body under this Act and no application has been made to include the Health Service Executive in the schedule. The maintenance and preservation of its own records is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Oct 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: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The membership of the Oversight Forum on Drugs which I chair, includes representatives of the networks of the chairs of the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Both the chairs and the coordinators of the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces are represented on the National Coordinating Committee for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. These arrangements ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (7 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Addressing the price of alcohol is an important component of any long-term strategic approach to tackling alcohol misuse. There is a link between consumption and harm and evidence that affordability is one of the drivers of increased consumption. The Government has approved an extensive package of measures to deal with alcohol misuse, to be incorporated in a Public Health (Alcohol) Bill....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (7 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 308, 315, 389 and 395 together. A new Nurses and Midwives Act was passed into legislation in 2011. The Act provides, inter alia, for the protection of the public in its dealings with nurses and midwives and the enhancement of their high standards of professional education and competencies. The Department of Health is responsible for oversight of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transport Scheme (7 Oct 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: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (7 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: There are currently 14 Local Drugs and Alcohol Task Forces which cover areas where there is the highest concentration of drugs of activity - 12 in Dublin, 1 in Bray and 1 in Cork. Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces cover the remainder of the country. Drug and Alcohol Task Forces play a key role in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and coordinating action...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (7 Oct 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: Hospital Appointment Status (7 Oct 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: Alcohol-Related Illnesses (7 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Report of the National Substance Misuse Steering Group, 2012 reported that alcohol is associated with 2,000 beds being occupied every night in Irish acute hospitals, one quarter of injuries presenting to emergency departments and over half of attendances to specialised addition centres. The report further noted that alcohol-related illness cost the healthcare system €1.2 billion...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 Oct 2014)

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