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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Investigations (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE Internal Audit Division has undertaken an audit of the company concerned and it is currently finalising the audit report. The HSE discontinued funding to the company concerned in March 2014 because of its lack of confidence in the overall corporate governance of the organisation and its ability to manage public funding responsibly. The HSE continues to provide every Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The agency the Deputy refers to received Section 39 funding of €200,000 (approximately) from the HSE in 2013. The verification and validation exercise carried out in respect of senior managers’remuneration was targeted at the larger Section 39 Agencies who received in excess of €5million in funding, therefore the agency was not included in the review exercise. Staff...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Planning (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: On 8 August 2014, WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because, -the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States; -the possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is acknowledged that the infrastructure currently in place for the delivery of paediatric acute services in Dublin is inadequate, and that new facilities are required. The new children's hospital is therefore a priority in the Programme for Government. Services which are currently provided at three locations in Dublin will be brought together in the new hospital, which will be co-located...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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: Hospital Services (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Disposal of hospital waste is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter this has been referred to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As I have no direct role in the matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. A priority of the BreastCheck Programme at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort. It is my intention to extend the upper age range to include the 65-69 age cohort as soon as possible in line with available resources.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: There have been 494 appointments to Boards under the aegis of the Department of Health since March 2011 to date. Of these, 159 appointments have been made on the nomination of bodies specified in legislation. The Minister for Health has no function in these nominations other than the actual appointments. 335 appointments have been made where the Minister for Health has nominating rights,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Offices (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The ingredients contained in cigarettes are reported to the Health Service Executive's National Tobacco Control Office on an annual basis in accordance with the obligations set out as follows. Under current Irish legislation the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes are regulated as set out in SI No 425/2003 European Communities (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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 Waiting Lists (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 to 217, inclusive, together. My Department has raised these issues with the Health Service Executive. The policy of the HSE on the matter of waiting lists is clear. All hospital managers are expected to efficiently manage waiting lists in chronological order, except where clinical need dictates that a patient needs to be prioritised. The HSE does not...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is true, though.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Fianna Fáil only made provision for an additional €10 million in its pre-budget submission.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is true.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy Keaveney should read his party's pre-budget submission.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: According to the its document, Fianna Fáil would spend €50 million less on health.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to address the House on the budget and 2015 health Estimates. For the past seven years we have come into the Dáil on this day to debate the latest round of tax increases, pay cuts and cuts to public services. Today is very different. We have, for the first time since 2008, a budget that contains income tax reductions and more money for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Anaphylaxis may arise from a wide variety of causes, including insect stings, food allergies and reaction to certain medications. It affects individuals in many different ways. General Practitioners are in the best position to offer advice to sufferers and, where necessary, to refer them to hospital consultants, to advise on the use of adrenaline pens or other appropriate precautionary...