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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A number of questions relate to very specific services so I will leave them to the national directors for comment. I will leave to the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, the questions on the fair deal scheme and mental health services in St. Christopher's and St. Hilda's. Children First, which is covered in question No. 14 by Senator van Turnhout, is in the mix for the services plan...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In some regions additional nurses and therapists are paid for through fund-raising.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The chief medical officer has been tasked with linking with the HSE to develop a working group on the quality and nutritional value of food in hospitals. Much has been done on this in the Cavan-Monaghan region and I would like to see this across the health service. In Britain, the NHS has done much to improve hospital food. Some people attend hospital for short periods and need energy, so...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: New medicines - direct-acting antivirals - are now available to treat hepatitis C. These are much better the existing drug treatment, interferon. In possibly up to 95% of cases, these new antiviral drugs can clear the virus entirely. It is really a wonderful advance in modern medicine that we can now cure many patients with hepatitis C. The new drugs are, however, very expensive. My...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (23 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I again apologise for being obliged to leave. The oversight forum on drugs is meeting at 2.30 p.m. and I do not want to miss that.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Tiglin Teen Challenge is a community based residential drug treatment programme, which is supported by the East Coast Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force. As the HSE provides funding for the initiative, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to an individual's entitlement to publicly funded health care, eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. Determining whether a person is "ordinarily resident" is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and differs from the condition of "habitual residence" under the social welfare rules. Typically a person should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 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. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the Deputy's further question in this matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 591, 639, 641, 649, 659 to 661, inclusive, and 721 together. In July this year the Government announced a comprehensive response to the long standing and sensitive issue of surgical symphysiotomy. The key response is the establishment of an ex-gratia payment scheme, which will cost around €34 million. In addition, there is a commitment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 594, 600 and 822 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 governance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital is a tertiary referral centre and receives referrals from all counties in Ireland for complex orthopaedic care, in addition to the provision of the national surgical bone tumour service. The Hospital has advised that it has experienced an unprecedented increase in demand for in-patient treatment throughout 2014. This is consistent with trends in other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have been informed by the HSE that the patient in question is currently under the care of Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. It is possible for the patient in question to be listed for transplant in Ireland subject to being safely transferred to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital has been in communication with the Wythenshawe Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Providers of Home Care services are monitored through Service Level Agreements with the HSE. They are required to provide a prescribed range of information in relation to the services they provide, and are supervised through regular local operational meetings and reviews of clients' care plans. The demand for home care services has increased in recent years. There is an obvious need to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (4 Nov 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. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.