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

Leo Varadkar: The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance, which was published on 2 April 2014, outlines the UHI model for Ireland. Under UHI, everyone will be insured for a standard package of health services and will have their choice of health insurer from a mix of private health insurers and a publicly owned health insurer. In paving the way for UHI, it is important that we lay a solid foundation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Planning Issues (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Policy responsibility with regard to planning and the legislative framework in relation to the siting of wind turbines rests with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. My Department provides appropriate medical advice from time to time when requested by the above mentioned Department. According to the international literature currently available, there are no...

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 542 to 551, inclusive, together. As the Deputy will be aware, the Redress for Women Resident in Certain Institutions Bill 2014has completed its passage through both Houses of the Oireachtas and was enacted on 18 March 2015. The purposes of the legislation are to provide for a range of primary and community health services to be made available without charge to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 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 Services (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The prescribing of medications for patients is a matter for the relevant treating clinician. 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 Services (24 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: Vaccination Programme (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). 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 and international best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 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 Services (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I understand that discussions have commenced in relation to the reorganisation of elective orthopaedics within the South South West Hospitals Group. As part of these discussions, the option of centralising elective orthopaedic surgery in University Hospital Waterford is being examined. I have therefore asked the HSE to respond to you directly in relation to the detailed queries you have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The first annual report of the National Healthcare Quality Reporting System reported that the age sex standardised in-hospital mortality rate within 30 days of admission for haemorrhagic stroke has remained almost unchanged over the ten year period from 2004 to 2013, with 24.4 deaths per 100 cases in 2004 compared to 24.6 in 2013; however, it also reported that the age sex standardised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (24 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 Insurance (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Community rating, reflecting the principle of intergenerational solidarity, is a fundamental cornerstone of the Irish health insurance market. Under community rating, everybody is charged the same premium for a particular health insurance plan, irrespective of age, gender and the current or likely future state of their health. This means that the level of risk that a particular consumer poses...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 565 and 694 together. Legislative proposals to give effect to the opt-out system of consent for organ donation are being progressed and it is hoped to finalise the Heads of a Bill this year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 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: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The distribution of funding by the Health Service Executive to each of the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for 2014 and 2015 is set out in the table hereunder. The table also shows the breakdown by Task Force of the 1.02m which transferred from my Department's Vote to the HSE Vote on 1 January 2015. LDATFs 2014 Funding transferred 01.01.15 2015 Total Ballyfermot...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 572 to 574, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, 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: Maternity Services (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 576 and 577 together. I wish to thank the Deputy for her questions. I have asked the HSE again to confirm the number of women contracted for home birth with the independent midwife prior to her suspension. The position remains as stated in my previous reply to the four questions (10090/10091/10092/10093/15) of 10 March, 2015. At the time of the suspension...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (24 Mar 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Health I am accountable to the Oireachtas for the health services but it is appropriate that the Health Service Executive answer directly questions that relate to day - to - day operational matters. I can assure the Deputy that I, and the HSE are committed to ensuring comprehensive, accurate and timely responses to parliamentary questions. The HSE currently has a commitment...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, 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.