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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 454, 482 and 503 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised in this particular case relates to the payment of a premium of Time + 1/6thin respect of hours worked post 8 p.m. in the evening, until the end of shift. The matter has been the subject of conciliation conferences under the aegis of the LRC in October and November 2014 and most recently on March 3 2015. The staff concerned are employed by Brothers of Charity in Galway and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (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 Equipment (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 Appointment Status (31 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: Hospital Appointment Delays (31 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 Facilities (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: Ambulance Service Provision (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Firstly, I would like to extend my sympathies to the family of the person concerned. My Department has requested a report in relation to this incident and I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly on the matter. 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 (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: Organ Donation (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The number of patients awaiting organ transplants are as follows: Transplant Type Number waiting Kidney 585 Liver 41 Lung 35 Heart 21 Kidney/Pancreas 9 Pancreas 3 Total 694 No Irish patients are transplanted abroad due to a shortfall in donors. Arrangements are in place with the UK to facilitate a small number of paediatric heart and lung transplant patients. In...

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

Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that it is contrary to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 for me to make a direction to the HSE or a hospital to benefit or prioritise any individual person or patient. 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...

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

Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that it is contrary to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 for me to make a direction to the HSE or a hospital to benefit or prioritise any individual person or patient. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (31 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: Vaccination Programme (31 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. The HSE National Immunisation Office (NIO) has responsibility for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has a Governance Framework in place covering corporate, clinical and financial governance. The HSE Accountability Framework sets out the accountability of the Hospital Group CEOs to the National Director and the CEOs of Section 38 agencies to Hospital Group CEOs. Service Level Arrangements (SLAs) will continue to be the principal accountability agreement between the Hospital Group...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Hospital Groups have been established on an administrative basis, operating within the policy and accountability frameworks determined by the Department of Health and the HSE. As per the HSE Accountability Framework for 2015, Hospital Groups are responsible for performance, outcomes, operating within budget and employment limits, with the quality and safety of patients at the core of their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Hospital Groups have been established on an administrative basis, operating within the policy and accountability frameworks determined by the Department of Health and the HSE. As per the HSE Accountability Framework for 2015, Hospital Groups are responsible for performance, outcomes, operating within budget and employment limits, with the quality and safety of patients at the core of their...

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

Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that it is contrary to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 for me to make a direction to the HSE or a hospital to benefit or prioritise any individual person or patient. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 496 and 497 together. 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: Nursing Home Beds (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, he can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.