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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff 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: Departmental Functions (24 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 727 and 728 together. There is currently limited information available in Ireland on the costs of tobacco use to our society. A study on the health costs of smoking carried out on behalf of the European Commission estimated that the annual healthcare costs to Ireland in 2009 was €664 million and that the costs of premature mortality due to smoking...

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

Leo Varadkar: Officials in my Department are aware of the legal actions taken in the United States against the tobacco industry but have not commissioned or carried out any studies in this regard. Tobacco consumption is today the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing over 5,200 people a year. Smokers die on average 10 years sooner than non-smokers; and one in...

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 730 and 731 together. In relation to the 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.

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Naughten for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is on Government business elsewhere. I should clarify that this issue concerns conciliation conferences under the aegis of the LRC and not a Labour Court recommendation, as was suggested in the initial text of matter raised. The unsocial hours premium payments...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am not an expert on this issue by any means but, as I understand it, there are people who are directly employed by the HSE and, separately, there are people who work for private companies, charities, voluntary hospitals and sections 38 and 39 agencies. The latter are not HSE employees. Those bodies are given money by the HSE on the basis of service level agreements and are supposed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 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: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has in recent years developed haemochromatosis services in its Stillorgan and D'Olier Street clinics in Dublin, as well as in its Cork clinic. This has facilitated the cost-effective treatment of many people with this common disorder. The service is provided free of charge to patients. The IBTS also benefits through the patients becoming blood...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. 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 (25 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 Appointment Status (25 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: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors Working Conditions (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Court of Justice heard the case covering breaches of the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) on Wednesday, 4 March. The preliminary opinion of the Judge Advocate General was published on 19 March and he found that Ireland has failed to fulfil its obligations under the EWTD for NCHDs, in particular by excluding in practice the training hours of non-consultant hospital doctors. This is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Regulation (EC) 883/2004 deals with the coordination of social security, including health care, for those moving within the European Union. Under its provisions, persons residing in Ireland who are attached to the social security system of another member state, are entitled to receive health care services in Ireland at the cost of that member state provided they are not subject to Irish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is not immediately available within my Department. Should the Department hold any contract with known subsidiaries in relation to the details supplied, I will revert to the Deputy with the details as soon as possible. However, if the Deputy has a particular interest in any company or companies, please provide details to my private office and I will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies Data (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: A table sets out the Exchequer funded agencies currently under the remit of my Department. My Department does not keep a record of the age of Chairpersons or Ordinary Members of these boards. I can confirm to the Deputy that none of these members serves on more than one board under the aegis of my Department. The table also sets out the number of women on each board and summarises the gender...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies Data (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The detailed information requested by the Deputy regarding fees paid to Chairpersons and Directors of State or partially owned State companies is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 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: Counselling Services (26 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: Legislative Process (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: To date, the following Bills have been referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children for pre-legislative scrutiny. Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013; Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill; Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. I also expect to refer the following Bills to the Joint Oireachtas Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 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...