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

Leo Varadkar: There are proposals for major capital developments at Sligo Regional Hospital in the coming years. As such I expect that at some point I will be meeting with the hospital group and management at Sligo Regional Hospital. This development is in the mix for the next five year capital plan. By way of clarification, the powers delegated to the HSE are not delegated by the Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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 Delays (17 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 Delays (17 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 Appointments Administration (17 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Policy (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister for Justice and Equality intends to sign, subject to ratification, the Istanbul Convention next year. Health Service matters arising in respect of the Convention are a matter for the Health Service Executive and Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 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, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has approved an extensive package of measures to deal with alcohol misuse to be incorporated in a Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. These measures are based on the recommendations contained in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy, 2012. The package of measures to be implemented will include provision for minimum unit pricing, regulation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am happy to have this meeting brought forward if a mutually agreeable date can be found in January 2015. My office will be in touch with the persons mentioned in order to try to identify a suitable date.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) have informed me that they advise all overseas applicants on the website at the following link: that each application received is assessed on an individual basis and therefore NMBI does not pre-determine the outcome of any application until a full review is carried out on same. Applications received from nurses/midwives who undertook their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 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, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form are set out on the Department's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 179 and 180 together. As these are service matters, 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: Departmental Programmes (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Work on establishing the Programme Management Office (PMO) commenced in February 2013. The Office was established to support the delivery of the health reforms in Future Health and its scope includes: - coordinating the reform programme and acting as a clearing house for projects; - managing a monitoring and reporting system that shows progress in relation to each project and highlights...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The establishment of a Patient Safety Agency is under review in the context of the strategic reform of the health services and the measures that are being taken to strengthen patient safety, including advocacy and related services, within the Health Service Executive.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Action 7 of "Future Health - A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012 - 2015" and in turn Action 7.3.1 of the Health Service Reform Programme, states that 'the Department of Health will work with the HSE and the State Claims Agency to develop a risk based approach to the provision of indemnity to services and professionals'. In effect, this means that the Department will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I recently announced the extension of the BreastCheck screening programme to women aged 65 to 69 years of age. Planning for this is underway and screening of the extended cohort will commence in quarter 4 of 2015. The age extension will be expanded on an incremental basis in order to manage the additional screening and follow up involved. It will be fully rolled out by 2021. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In order to effectively reorganise the health service, it is necessary to have a clear, accurate understanding of how resources of all kinds are currently allocated. In the context of the current restructuring programme, particularly community health organisations and hospital groups, my department has asked the HSE to carry out a review in 2015 of how staff, current and capital expenditure,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Successful transformation of our health services requires a corresponding transformation of the existing funding model. The first stage in transforming this funding model is to clarify funding streams through the creation of directorates and corresponding programme based budgets. In Vote terms, programme based budgets have already been established for the Primary Care Reimbursement Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A Review of Financial Management Systems in the Irish Health Service, commonly known as the Ogden Report, was undertaken in 2012. The review was commissioned by the Secretary General of the Department of Health. Its overall intention was to review the state of the financial management system in place in the health sector in Ireland at the time in the context of the serious overruns projected...