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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 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: Hospital Appointment Status (16 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: Hospitals Capital Programme (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive is responsible for expenditure incurred on capital projects. Therefore your question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 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 Appointment Status (16 Dec 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 Provision (16 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: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The issues raised in the Report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group are being considered in the wider context of how best to address the long term health and social needs of people who may have experienced adverse outcomes from all healthcare interventions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (16 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: An Fhoireann Rannach (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Tá seachtar ball foirne i mo Roinn, nó beagnach 2% den líon iomlán fostaithe sa Roinn, in ann a gcuid dualgas a chur i gcrích sa Ghaeilge agus sa Bhéarla araon. Tugtar freagra sa Ghaeilge ar an gcomhfhreagras ar fad a sheoltar don Roinn sa Ghaeilge and cuirtear aon cheisteanna teileafóin ar aghaidh chuig duine de na baill foirne atá inniúil sa...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Seirbhísi Sláinte (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Tógfaidh mé Ceisteanna Uimh. 514, 516 agus 517 le chéile. Toisc go mbaineann na cheisteanna seo le seirbhísí, cuireadh ar aghaidh iad go dtí Feidhmeannacht na Seirbhíse Sláinte (HSE) chun freagra díreach a sholáthar. Muna bhfuil freagra ón HSE faighte agat laistigh de 15 lá oibre déan teagmháil le do thoil le...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter it 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 and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I understand from the HSE that the estimated completion date for the two investigations into this issue will be towards the end of the first quarter of 2015. My office has been advised by the HSE that 11 mothers of the 12 contracted for Home Births have delivered. One mother to be is contracted for a home birth in 2015. The remaining mothers who were known to the person in question have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (16 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 Appointment Status (16 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: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The National Drugs Strategy contains a number of actions designed to assist families experiencing difficulties due to drug/alcohol use, including family support, parenting skills programmes and targeted measures focusing on the children of problem drug and/or alcohol users aimed at breaking the cycle and safeguarding the next generation. I have asked the HSE to examine the issue raised by...

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

Leo Varadkar: Staff Category details : March 2011 to October 2014 Staff Category WTE Mar 2011 WTE Dec 2011 WTE Dec 2012 WTE Dec 2013 WTE Oct 2014 WTE change since Mar 2011 % change since Mar 2011 Medical / Dental 8,005 8,331 8,320 8,353 8,755 +751 9.4% Nursing 36,783 35,902 34,637 33,768 34,060 -2,724 -7.4% Health & Social Care Professionals 16,295 16,217 15,717 15,844 13,554 -2,740...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. 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: Departmental Expenditure (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Health provides shared payroll and financial services to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal without charge. I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy with details of HSE projects. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Redeployment (16 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information being sought by the Deputy in relation to non-commercial semi-state agencies under the remit of the Department is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy on completion. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the aspect of the question that relates to them. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): National Cancer Strategy Implementation (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and welcome the opportunity to speak about mammography services at Sligo Regional Hospital. The Saolta University Health Care Group has decided that patients in the west-north west region who are recovering from breast cancer treatment will continue to attend University Hospital Galway for follow-up surveillance mammography services....