Results 13,941-13,960 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver health services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister from directing the HSE to provide treatment or a personal service to any individual. 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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 Appointments Administration (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver health services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister from directing the HSE to provide treatment or a personal service to any individual. The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: HSE Staffing (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 171, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. If the Deputy has 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: HSE Staffing (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 to 177, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. If the Deputy has 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 Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 183, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. 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 Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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 Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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 (2 Apr 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 Delays (2 Apr 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. In relation to your further query in this matter, as it 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (2 Apr 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: Drug Treatment Programmes (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 to 194, inclusive, together. Government policy in relation to drugs emphasises the need to provide opportunities for people to move on from illicit drug use to a drug-free life where that is achievable. Drug-specific community employment schemes have made a significant contribution to the broad rehabilitation effort. This special programme is part of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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 Appointments Administration (2 Apr 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 (15 Apr 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: HSE Staff Remuneration (15 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 455 and 456 together. The Deputy's questions relate to an operational matter therefore 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: Hospital Appointment Delays (15 Apr 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 Status (15 Apr 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: HSE Staff Remuneration (15 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to an operational matter therefore I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. 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.