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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (12 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Feb 2015)

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...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I apologise for being late. I was in Strasbourg at the European Parliament and my flight connection was late. I hasten to add that while the flight was late; I was not. I was perfectly on time, but these things happen sometimes and ministerial air transport is not as available as it was in the past. I had to get a later flight. Thanks to modern technology, I have been able to tune in on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I can move.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Not that I am aware of, Jerry. I do lose time from time to time, so maybe I have had a pacemaker put in. It is Jerry and the pacemakers. Alcohol, obesity, smoking and inactivity contribute to a significant number of problems in our emergency departments and I am very keen to start doing things in that space. I know members are engaged in pre-legislative scrutiny of the public health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to respond to the question on the fair deal scheme, and the HSE will deal with the question about recruitment in Beaumont. I listened to Mr. Breslin's answer to the question about universal health insurance on my trusty iPhone. That is the position. We are pressing ahead with the first concrete step, which is to provide free GP care for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 344, 345 and 403 together. 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. Senior Citizen, Community and Sports organisations have successfully applied for Lottery grants in the past, depending on the project complying...

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Saolta Healthcare Group is currently finalising the terms of reference for the external review of practices and processes at the maternity unit at Portiuncula Hospital, Ballinasloe. While the review will incorporate an examination into the care of 7 women who had adverse perinatal events between February and November 2014, my expectation is that the Review Team will be free to examine...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (17 Feb 2015)

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 Waiting Lists (17 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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2015)

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. The committee's recommendations are informed by public health advice, international best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The number of cases of Meningitis B in County Waterford for the past five years is not held by my Department. I have asked the Health Service Executive to collate this information and send directly to the Deputy. 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: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The NMBI has a statutory responsibility to ensure that it discharges its legal obligations within the financial resources available while also maximising efficiencies and income generation, in keeping with best practice in financial governance. It should be noted that the Board's accounts are examined by the Comptroller and Auditor General's Office. In this regard, the accounts for 2012...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (17 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: Health Services (17 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: Tobacco Control Measures (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 376 and 377 together. As the Deputy is aware, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 has been passed by the Seanad and Second Stage of the Bill concluded in the Dáil on 2 October 2014. Committee Stage of the Bill is scheduled to take place on 17 February 2015. I am of the view that standardised packaging for tobacco products is...