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Topical Issue Debate: Health Services Staff (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am taking three.

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am taking this debate on behalf on behalf of my colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Jan O'Sullivan. I thank the Deputy for raising this issue as it gives the Government an opportunity to outline the process of monitoring demand for school placements for children with special needs, including those with autism, and providing placements accordingly. The Deputy is aware...

Topical Issue Debate: Special Educational Needs Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Lawlor for raising this important issue and I know he takes a great deal of interest in the matter. I will certainly inform the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy O'Sullivan, of today's debate.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the information sought is not readily available in my Department I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond 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: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 194, 195 and 197 together. HIQA, in its report of December last year, identified serious patient safety concerns over the lack of coordination between the Dublin Fire Brigade ambulance service and the National Ambulance Service. The urgent need to address these issues was stressed, particularly for 999/112 call-taking and ambulance dispatch, as well as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I refer the Deputy to my answer of 5 March. In relation to your further query in this 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 (12 Mar 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 should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In a report published last December, HIQA identified serious patient safety concerns over the lack of coordination between Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) and the National Ambulance Service (NAS). Following discussions, the HSE and Dublin City Council have agreed in principle to address the identified weaknesses, through the provision of a single point of contact for all emergency calls in Dublin....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy may wish to note that I am obliged to prepare and lay before the Houses of the Oireachtas an annual report on the terminations of pregnancy that have taken place in accordance with the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act by 30 June this year. I will not be releasing any information on the operation of the Act before then. I am not aware of any inquiries or investigations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The first annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System (NHQRS) was published on 5 March 2015. This is the first time that the Department of Health has published a report that focuses solely on the quality and safety of health services. The selection, analysis and presentation of the indicators in the report used readily available information and were approved by the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (12 Mar 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 should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 Mar 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 Services (12 Mar 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 (12 Mar 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: Air Ambulance Service Provision (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am currently considering the report of the emergency aeromedical support service establishment group, which sets out a number of options to place the EAS on a permanent basis. With regard to the statistical information sought by the Deputy, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 218 and 219 together. The Health Insurance Authority, the independent statutory regulator of the private health insurance market in Ireland, provides my Department with information returns on a twice-yearly basis showing the numbers insured with in-patient health insurance plans, in the age categories outlined in the table below. This data is compiled in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance (12 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides for two categories of eligibility for all persons ordinarily resident in the country, i.e. full eligibility or limited eligibility for health services. Persons with full eligibility (medical card holders) are entitled to a range of services including general practitioner services, prescribed drugs and medicines, all in-patient public hospital services...