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Written Answers — Department of Health: Semi-State Bodies Remuneration (3 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Voluntary Health Insurance Board is the only commercial semi-state agency under the aegis of my department. The Chief Executive of this company did not receive any bonus payments from 2011 to 2014 and there is no provision for bonus payments in his contract. In 2013 the Government reviewed the position on the payment of performance related reward schemes or bonuses for Chief Executive...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE provided funding to Positive Action from 2005 to March 2014 under section 39 of the Health Act 2004. An internal audit of Positive Action was commenced in October 2013 as part of the HSE's audit plan for that year. The audit related to the period 1 January 2009 to 31 August 2013. It examined Positive Action's financial records, systems of internal controls, corporate governance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: BreastCheck provides cancer screening for women aged 50-64 years. BreastCheck utilises digital mammography as it is the most advanced method available, giving enhanced image quality and significant reductions in the radiation dose associated with screening examinations. The improved images lead to higher detection rates for cancer which is seen as a positive. This facilitates earlier...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised by you, 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: Departmental Functions (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Unfortunately, the matter the Deputy has raised is not a matter for me or my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Feb 2015)

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 particular query raised, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Reports (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am in touch with the Health Service Executive in relation to this particular case and will write to the Deputy when I have all the details available to me.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (4 Feb 2015)

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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Feb 2015)

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 Waiting Lists (4 Feb 2015)

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 (4 Feb 2015)

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 Procedures (4 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised by you, 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.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My understanding was that this debate was about medical infrastructure in general. I am happy, however, to stick to the issue of the MRI in Crumlin, which is the Deputy’s major concern. By sheer coincidence I spent three hours in Crumlin today. I was there officially to turn the sod on the new hybrid cardiac catheterisation laboratory, Cath Lab, that is under construction but I took...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I do not have much to add other than to answer the Deputy’s question about the shortage of anaesthetists or anaesthesiologists. There are not enough of them around the world. There are shortages in many jurisdictions. If there are any unemployed ones I have never met them. They take a long time to train, six years in medical school and another five or six years of higher training....

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs-related Deaths (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Drug-related deaths are a human tragedy for the families and friends of the people involved. They have a considerable impact on communities and society as a whole. It is extremely disturbing that many of those who have died as a result of taking drugs were 40 or younger and that a significant number had coexisting addiction and mental illness problems. While it is clear that there are no...

Topical Issue Debate: Drugs-related Deaths (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I believe this is an important issue too and it is one that affects my constituency. I would very much welcome a more detailed debate in the House on this. That is a good idea. The Irish drugs-related deaths index is done to the highest standards. Such standards are not adhered to by many other countries. This is the major reason for the relatively high figures of drug-related deaths in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (previously known as An Bord Altranais) is governed by the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 and is a legal entity in its own right. Its accountability lies in the main to the Minister for Health. Having regard to the relevant sections of the Act, there is a certain amount of accountability to the Houses of the Oireachtas but in the most part the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (5 Feb 2015)

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: Accident and Emergency Departments (5 Feb 2015)

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: Blood Donations (5 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The remit of the Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) is to provide a safe, reliable and robust blood service to the Irish health system. Blood, and the products derived from it, are an integral facet of healthcare delivery. A major objective of the IBTS is to ensure that it always has the necessary programmes and procedures in place to protect both the donors of blood and the recipients...