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Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (15 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: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (15 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: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Performance-related pay has not been paid to any staff in my Department for the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This matter is sub-judice and I am therefore restricted in the response I can give to your question. My role as Minister for health primarily relates to national policy decisions, legislation, implementing the programme for government and securing an overall budget for health and accounting for it to the Oireachtas. I am in no way personally involved in decisions about individual patients,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 87 together. Following engagement between the HSE and representative unions on a Labour Court recommendation concerning home helps in 2013 new contracts were issued to home helps working for the HSE with effect from 1st April 2014. These contracts provide each home help with a set number of hours and guaranteed income per week. These new contracts...

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

Leo Varadkar: Under Section 22 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE has the authority to appoint persons to be its employees and may determine their duties. This includes the appointment of persons to posts within the psychology service. With regard to the recruitment of psychologists, in the context of significant organisational change and re-alignment, it is the Executive's intention to review the selection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 88 together. As the issues raised by the Deputy are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to her directly.

Topical Issue Debate (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Yes. I do not know what day it will be but it will be next week.

Topical Issue Debate: Orthodontic Service Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Deputy for the opportunity to address the issue of orthodontic services. I am taking the debate on behalf of the Minister of State in my Department, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is attending to business elsewhere. Orthodontic treatment is provided by the HSE to patients based on their level of clinical need. The HSE provides orthodontic treatment to those who have been...

Topical Issue Debate: Orthodontic Service Provision (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The figures I gave the Deputy earlier related to the time it takes to get assessed. In fact, HSE Dublin north east is better than Dublin mid-Leinster. One is assessed more quickly in the former but gets to the treatment stage more slowly. Of the 4,000 cases in HSE mid-Leinster, only 87 have been waiting more than two years whereas 748 of the 3,786 cases in HSE Dublin north east have been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Savings associated with the National Energy Efficiency Action Plan are a service issue. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: 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 governance of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (16 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: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 and 171 together. The Management of Viral Haemorrhagic Fevers in Ireland(VHF) of which Ebola is one form is the national guidelines for the management of any case of VHF, including Ebola, in Ireland. They were published by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) in 2012. Parts of this guidance have been updated in light of the recent Ebola...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (16 Oct 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: National Lottery Funding Applications (16 Oct 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: Health Services (16 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 Admissions (16 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 (16 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: Health Services Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.