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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Funding for this group is a matter for the HSE. I understand that a mechanism has now been agreed to address the funding shortfall experienced by the group in 2014 and that the terms of the 2015 Grant Aid Agreement are also agreed. The HSE is awaiting a business case from the group for development funding. It is also open to the group to submit an application to the National Lottery in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 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: Patient Data (24 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 Consultants Recruitment (24 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: HIQA Investigations (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The functions of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), which was established by the Health Act 2007, do not include a statutory complaints function with regard to the delivery of health and social services. While HIQA does not have the power to investigate individual complaints, it does review all information or concerns about services it receives and directs people to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 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: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (24 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: HSE Staff Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The gross provision for the Health Vote in 2015 is €12.677bn, comprising €12.295bn current and €382m capital expenditure. Following restatement on a like-for-like basis consistent with the new Vote structure, the Exchequer funding provided in 2015 represents an increase of €564m on the original 2014 provision. In addition to the Exchequer funding, increased...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned the recently agreed salaries on the basis that all related expenditure will be met from within existing resources. The process that led to the revised arrangements commenced at the LRC last summer with the LRC publishing its initial proposals in September 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (24 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: HSE Reports (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The employment and other related issues raised are primarily a matter for the HSE. However, given the nature of the details provided my Department sought a report from the HSE. The HSE has advised that the person's complaints are detailed and complex and require a comprehensive review by an independent party to the HSE with a view to categorisation and classification of the complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Health Consolidated Salary Scales, as sanctioned by the Minister for Health, set out the salaries for public health service staff. These salary scales must be strictly adhered to and in no circumstances should an employee receive remuneration in the nature of pay and allowances of an amount greater than the amount prescribed. In the first instance, sessional rates were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Consultant Contract 2008 sets out the relative volume of private practice that may be undertaken by consultants, depending on the individual contract held. Depending on contract type, a consultant may have no access to private practice (Type A contract holders), a cap of 20% private activity for newly appointed consultants (Type B) or a cap of up to 30% in the case of certain existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014, which was published by the Minister for Justice, completed Report and Final Stages in the Dáil last week. The Bill is to make provision for services to be made available without charges to certain women who were admitted to and worked in certain institutions. The Bill also ensures that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (24 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. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 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: HSE Properties (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly. 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 Procedures (24 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 Status (24 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: HSE Investigations (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: With regard to specific complaints in relation to experiences of individuals in our hospitals, there is a formal complaints policy, entitled “Your Service Your Say”,details of which are on the HSE website, at In accordance with this procedure, a complaint must be made in the first instance to the hospital in which the incident causing the complaint occurred. If an individual...