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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (26 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 Operations (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) Service Establishment Group was set up to examine how best to provide a dedicated EAS service. The Group has completed its work and its report is currently under consideration. Pending a decision, the Department of Defence has agreed that the Air Corps will further extend aeromedical support to the EAS, to June 2015. I have asked the HSE to respond...

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: Disease Management (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Meningococcal disease is a serious disease the incidence of which is falling in Ireland.  Ireland's introduction of Meningococcal C and Pneumococcal vaccine programmes have reduced the burden of these diseases and Meningococcal B vaccine is currently being used to control outbreaks of Meningococcal B disease. In order to harmonise the approach to the management of meningitis in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Responsibility for leading and co-ordinating national policy on drug and substance misuse has been reassigned between Government Departments on a number of occasions since 1997. Responsibility for this very important policy area was assumed by my Department on 1 May 2011. The table below sets out funding allocated for community based drugs projects from the Drugs Initiative to Local Drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to staff employed to support the day-to-day operation of Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Drug and Alcohol Task Force co-ordinators are, in the main, employed by the Health Service Executive (HSE). However, the HSE also allocates funding to Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for other support workers, including the posts of development...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE maintains the Central Treatment List, which is a register of all clients in receipt of methadone maintenance treatment for problem opiate use in Ireland. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has consistently monitored the effectiveness of drugs policy over the past twenty years in order to ensure that the approach to tackling problem drug use in Ireland continues to be relevant and appropriate. As part of the process of developing a new drugs strategy in 2001, a review was undertaken in order to examine the progress and impact of the drugs policy at the time and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (26 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 the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: There is no record in the Department of any payments being made to the company in question. If the Deputy wishes to provide specific details of further companies to check, please provide details to my Private Office and I will ensure a prompt response. Contracts awarded by other bodies under the aegis of the Department is an operational matter for the body concerned and the Deputy should...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a coordinated response to tackling the drugs problem. As Minister for Health, I have overall responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy at Government level. The Oversight Forum on Drugs, which I chair, is responsible for the high-level monitoring of the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436, 443 and 469 to 471, inclusive, together. At the outset I might point out that the HIQA investigation into the infant deaths in Portlaoise Hospital is not a child protection issue. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) was established by the Health Act 2007 with responsibility for driving quality, safety and accountability in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (31 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 Recruitment (31 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. It is important to note that I am precluded under Section 6 of the Health Service Executive Governance Act 2013 from directing the HSE to provide any treatment or service to an individual. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (31 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 Meetings (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I can confirm that I am happy to facilitate a meeting between the organisation referred to and officials from my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (31 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 (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The management of surgical activity requires the facilitation of emergency, trauma, or urgent care whilst addressing the competing requirement for theatre availability for non-urgent elective procedures. Particular problems arise in hospitals providing tertiary and national specialist services, where it is necessary to prioritise not only emergency and trauma surgery, but also cancer and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has assured my Department that when issues, actual or perceived, are brought to its attention, objective action is undertaken: in the cases referred to by the Deputy, all appropriate personnel have cooperated fully with HSE Internal Audit reviews. The recommendations of the first review have been implemented by the Saolta University Healthcare Group. The report of the second review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 453, inclusive, together. One hundred and fifty three offers have been made by the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme and accepted by the applicants to date, as follows: Amount of award Number of offers made to and accepted by the by the applicants to the scheme €50,000 97 €100,000 51 €150,000 5 The Department commissioned...