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Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is for lump sum payments as more staff retired than had been anticipated.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I do not know exactly, but it is somewhat different when broken down by hospital group.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: That relates to payments to the State Claims Agency.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I hear what Deputy Ó Caoláin is saying. My constituency office hears about similar issues from time to time. Approximately 2 million people have either a medical card or a GP visit card. Hundreds of thousands of applications are processed and reviews are carried out every year. Even in the best system, if 2% or 3% of applications go wrong, this means 4,000 to 6,000 cases are...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2014
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (9 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: To take the second point first, a circular is being prepared to be sent to GPs explaining the changes in the system, what is happening and what their powers are. The power to extend the medical card and to reinstate it in certain circumstances has been in place for some time, and it is used. The fact that it has been used in hundreds of cases indicates that some GPs know it exists and have...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Order for Report Stage (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I move: "That Report Stage be taken now."

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Section 3 of the Bill amends section 7A of the Act and refers to the premia which may be charged under health insurance contracts in certain circumstances. This section clarifies that the obligation on insurers to impose lifetime community rating loadings on premiums is mandatory and cannot be waived by an insurer. While Section 7A of the Act sets out the circumstances under which...

Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2014: Report and Final Stages (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: What I am trying to achieve here is something which is straightforward, clear, understandable and simple. The more exceptions, subclauses and scenarios one tries to legislate for, the less clear it is. The message will be very clear, which is we are encouraging people to take out a health insurance policy if they do not already have one, and a loading will apply if they do not do so by 1...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (10 Dec 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: Patient Transport Provision (10 Dec 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 Appointments Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised, 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 Provision (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The service for medical genetics in Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin (OLCHC) provides services for patients and families in Ireland affected by, or at risk of, a genetic disorder. It comprises three integrated units: a clinical genetics service; a cytogenetics laboratory and a molecular genetics laboratory. The service is under the governance of OLCHC, which has recently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (10 Dec 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: Hospital Services (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Following the announcement on 6 November 2012 that the new children's hospital was to be located on the St James’s campus, a review of the previous plan for an Ambulatory and Urgent Care Centre at Tallaght was undertaken. In January 2014 the Minister for Health announced that following this review, two satellite centres of the new children's hospital would be developed, one at Tallaght...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Decisions on allocation of resources to individual hospitals are made by the HSE in the context of competing priorities and the overall resources available. I understand that the HSE has been in active engagement with Cappagh Hospital this year regarding their finances and to examine and agree options for optimising the available resources to ensure patients have timely access. The HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Following the launch of the two reports in November: (1) Report of the Expert Panel on Medical Need for Medical Card Eligibility and (2) the Medical Card Process Review undertaken by Deloitte / Prospectus, Minister Varadkar and I announced ten key actions, required to enhance the operation of the medical card system, with particular focus on persons with significant medical needs. A...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: At the outset, I want to offer my deepest sympathies to Mr Sean Rowlette, his children Leanne, Abbie, Joseph and Sally and their families, on the sad and tragic loss of Ms Rowlette. I am committed to the improvement of maternity services. On 26th November last, I endorsed and launched a further three National Clinical Guidelines. Two of the guidelines promote safety and higher standards in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Restrictions on the employment of additional staff will be eased in 2015 as a result of announcements in the Budget. This will give HSE management greater autonomy to manage their own staffing profile, with discretion over staffing levels within an overall pay framework resulting in flexibility to introduce measures for the most cost effective arrangements to meet service requirements and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (10 Dec 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: Nursing Staff Provision (10 Dec 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.