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Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As I said in the Dáil recently, measures are now in place and more are planned to foster and support a culture of open disclosure within the health service. A National Policy on Open Disclosure was developed jointly by the HSE and the State Claims Agency and launched by my predecessor in November 2013. The Policy is designed to ensure an open, consistent approach to communicating...

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

Leo Varadkar: I understand from speaking to my colleagues in the Health Service Executive that a response issued to the Deputy on March 19 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Treatment Purchase Fund ceased direct treatment provision in 2013, focussing instead on data and analytics, audit and quality assurance to assist hospitals and the SDU in addressing waiting list and scheduled care issues. In instances where a clinical decision is made that a particular course of treatment or procedure is required, and where this treatment/procedure is available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (24 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: Health Services Staff (24 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: Social Workers Recruitment (24 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: Ambulance Service Provision (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: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department approved €38,640 from the Drugs Initiative this year for the Reach Out Project administered by the Kilbarrack Coast Community Programme. This funding was allocated to the project on the basis of a recommendation from Dublin North East Local Drug and Alcohol Task Force. The Reach Out Project is a new service providing support for young people to reduce their cannabis,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information Requests (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As stated in my PQ reply of 21 January, 2015, the FOI request referred to above was submitted to the Health Service Executive (HSE), not to the Department. The HSE is, therefore, responsible for the request and I have asked them to reply directly to the Deputy on the matter. The Deputy will be aware that there is an appeals provision, within the Freedom of Information Act, when a request is...

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 Staff Recruitment (24 Mar 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Community Rating (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Lifetime Community Rating (LCR) is being introduced to encourage people to take out health insurance at a younger age, thus helping to spread costs across the market and supporting affordable premiums for all. There is a nine month grace period, which expires on 30 April 2015, during which time as many people as want to can take out health insurance without incurring loadings. From 1 May...

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

Leo Varadkar: The current position in Ireland is that as e-cigarettes do not contain tobacco they are not regulated under the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts 2002-2015. This means that they are not subject to the workplace smoking ban. However, while there is no legislation at present banning the use of e-cigarettes in the workplace, it is open to a company/agency to introduce workplace policy which does not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (24 Mar 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In 2014 the Department provided three sources of direct funding to organisations providing a range of health related services. One was National Lottery Grants through which the Department provides funding for voluntary and community organisations. Details of payments made from this source are available on the Departments web site www.health.gov.ie. The second source is through...

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

Leo Varadkar: The General Scheme of the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill was approved by Government on the 3 February 2015. The Scheme includes provisions for minimum unit pricing, health labelling on products that contain alcohol, restrictions on the advertising and marketing of alcohol and the regulation of sports sponsorship. As part of the pre-legislative scrutiny process, the measures are being debated in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Research and Development Funding (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Research Board (HRB) is the lead agency in Ireland supporting and funding health research. The HRB has advised my Department that it has not received any applications to fund research on Myalgic Encephalomyelitis in its current round of funding for research projects.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The proposed redevelopment of the National Maternity Hospital on the campus of St Vincent's hospital is one of the Government's major capital health projects. The project will deliver a modern, state-of-the-art hospital for mothers and babies. Co-location at St Vincent's, allows for optimal care for mothers, and particularly those at high-risk, by ensuring access to the range of medical and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (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.