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Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the 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 Appointment Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Total health expenditure for each of the last 5 years, by public, private health insurance and out-of-pocket payments by households, are detailed in the table below. Figures are presented in millions of Euro. Estimates of private health insurance and out-of-pocket health expenditure are compiled by the Central Statistics Office. Table: Total Health Expenditure in Ireland by public,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 159 and 160 together. Iodine is a mineral that is important for health. It assists the thyroid gland in making hormones which are important for growth, metabolism and for development of a baby's brain during pregnancy and early life. Iodine is found in a range of foods, but the richest sources are sea food and dairy products. The level of Iodine needed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Communications (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Health, I communicate with citizens in plain English, as far as possible. The Department's website was redeveloped recently and content was rewritten in a plain English style. The Department's style guides for officials emphasise the benefits of avoiding jargon, using short, clear sentences and being as concise as possible. As Minister I require all speeches, press releases...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 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: Health Insurance (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy is aware, the VHI's application for authorisation is currently under consideration by the independent regulator - the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). As the process is ongoing, and in advance of a final determination by the CBI, it would not be appropriate at this stage to elaborate further on the information required by the Bank.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Department Staffing (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Discussions were held between management at Beaumont Hospital and the INMO at The Labour Relations Commission on 13th and 20th January 2015. A number of measures were agreed to address staffing levels in the Emergency Department. These include: - increasing the number of nurses on days to 12 and the number of nurses on nights to 11, as part of this additional compliment the hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (18 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: Rare Diseases (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Group will be having its official inaugural meeting in the near future. It shall be comprised largely of the members from the National Rare Disease Plan Steering Group. Therefore in answer to your question, as they have not held their inaugural meeting, no meetings were held in 2014. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (18 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 (18 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: HSE Staffing (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: There are a range of psychologist grades within the health service. The different grades are set out in the current consolidated health sector pay scales (1 November 2013) and these cover the full breadth of the psychology grade from Trainee Clinical Psychologist to Director of Psychology and the pay rates for these grades. With regard to the operational aspects of the question, I have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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: Hospital Appointment Delays (18 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...