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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE 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 my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department is currently developing the Heads of a Human Tissue Bill which will, among other things, establish a legal framework in relation to the donation of organs for transplantation, including consent arrangements.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (18 Nov 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: HSE Expenditure (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Management of maintenance contracts is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office who will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE 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 my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Genetics Department at Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin provides services for patients and families in Ireland affected by or at risk of a genetic disorder, and comprises three integrated units, a clinical genetics service, a cytogenetics laboratory and a molecular genetics laboratory. The service is under the governance of Crumlin, staff are employees of Crumlin, and the service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. 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: Accident and Emergency Departments Staffing (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE 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 my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. 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 Strategies (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to acknowledge the significant work done by the Steering Group to date on the development of the Sexual Health Strategy. Given the importance of this issue, and the fact that this Strategy marks the first nationally coordinated approach to addressing sexual health and wellbeing, I have asked that further consideration be given to a high level action plan and timeline for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Counselling and psychotherapy services are provided both as an enhancement of the range of services available to people at primary care level and to support basic mental health services. Effective psychotherapy and counselling offer a range of interventions that are designed to empower the service user to understand, transform and cope with those vulnerabilities and problems that give rise...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Data (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE 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 my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Charges for long-stay in-patient services in specified settings, including hospitals, have been in place since 15 July 2005 and no changes were introduced with effect from 1 July 2014. Hospital in-patients with full eligibility are not subject to payment of any in-patient charges while in receipt of acute care. Long-stay charges only apply in a hospital context to in-patients, with full or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A core objective of the National Drugs Strategy is to provide an appropriate and timely range of treatment and rehabilitation services, including drug-free and harm reduction approaches, tailored to meet the needs of the individual. Methadone maintenance treatment is a critical stabilising treatment that enables people to counter their problem drug use. According to the European...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 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: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy may be aware, the Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme commenced on 10th November 2014. Government has agreed that the Scheme will also include payments for the small number of women who have had a pubiotomy. The Scheme is designed to be simple, straightforward and non-adversarial, and aims to minimise the stress for the women concerned. Many are elderly and may not want to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. I am advised by the HSE's Treatment Abroad Scheme Office that an application in respect of this patient has been received. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Policy responsibility with regard to planning and the legislative framework in relation to the siting of wind turbines rests with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. My Department provides advice from time to time when requested by the above mentioned Department. At this time, my Department is not aware of any reliable or consistent evidence that wind turbines...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. To date, NIAC has not made any recommendation in relation to the use of Meningitis B vaccine in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My role as Minister for Health primarily relates to policy decisions, legislation, implementing the programme for Government, securing an overall budget for the health service. The particular case referred to by the Deputy is an operational matter and it is appropriate that it should be dealt with by the HSE. However, I have been informed by the HSE that there are two investigations ongoing...