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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (7 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this 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: Assisted Human Reproduction (7 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In February of this year I received Government approval to draft the General Scheme of a Bill for assisted human reproduction, which will include provisions relating to numerous different aspects from the beginning to the end of the assisted human reproduction process. There will be a number of provisions relating to the establishment of an independent regulatory authority to monitor...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (7 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. Funding in 2015 amounts to €3.286 million. My Department has received a large number of applications under the National Lottery Discretionary Fund which are currently being processed. All...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (7 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. Funding in 2015 amounts to €3.286 million. My Department has received a large number of applications under the National Lottery Discretionary Fund which are currently being processed. As most of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Increment Payments (7 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the part of the question relevant to the HSE, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this 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. The information sought in respect of Non-Commercial State Agencies under the aegis of my Department is...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Private Members' Bill provides for a referendum to delete the eighth amendment to the Constitution and, in so doing, to remove the constitutional right to life afforded to both the mother and the unborn child and replace it with nothing. Deputy Coppinger states in her Bill that the effect of this proposed amendment to the Constitution will be of "entitling the legislature to provide...

An Bille um an gCeathrú Leasú is Tríocha ar an mBunreacht 2014: An Dara Céim [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] - Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2014: Second Stage [Private Members] (8 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have nothing much to add to what I said in my initial contribution. My argument that this issue should be dealt with by the next Dáil was, in many ways, emphasised by Deputy Anne Ferris, who pointed out that given the time remaining in the lifetime of this Dáil it is not possible to do the work suggested. I believe we need to give parties an opportunity to review their mandates....

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this matter. I want to begin by recognising the courage and fortitude of the patients and families who shared their stories. I want to thank them for bringing their experiences into the public domain. I hope the publication of this report brings them some small comfort. They have provided us with the opportunity to learn from the past and...

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that actions have been taken to assure the safety of maternity services in Portlaoise. I do not think anybody waited for a report to do this. As the Deputy will be aware, actions have been ongoing for the best part of a year. The ones that may take a few months to complete include the establishment of an independent patient advocacy service which might have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436 and 437 together. There was a requirement to reduce public service numbers and maximise savings in the public service from the time of the downturn in the economy. The HSE introduced an embargo on recruitment in 2007, and this was followed by the moratorium on recruitment and promotion in the public sector in 2008. The HSE has had the capacity to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. In relation to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has advised that following a national engagement with staff representatives, agreement was reached to make unsocial hours payments to designated staff. This payment commenced on 1 January 2015 and no agreement was made in relation to arrears. There remains a continuing issue of retrospective payment which is being pursued by staff representative organisations and was the subject...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides for two categories of eligibility for all persons ordinarily resident in the country, i.e. full eligibility or limited eligibility for health services. Persons with full eligibility (medical card holders) are entitled to a range of services including general practitioner services, prescribed drugs and medicines, all in-patient public hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 448, 467, 475 and 503 together. Psychotherapists and counsellors are not currently regulated under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005. However, the Act provides that the Minister for Health may, under section 4(2), designate a health and social care profession not already designated if he or she considers that it is in the public interest...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 May 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 (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver, or arrange to be delivered on its behalf, health and personal social services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister for Health from directing the HSE to provide a treatment or a personal service to any individual or to confer eligibility on any individual. The scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Policy responsibility with regard to planning and the legislative framework in relation to wind turbines rests with the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government. The Office of the Chief Medical Officer in my Department has provided advice, which is publicly available, to that Department in the past on the possible effects of noise from wind turbines on human health. I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Licensing (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: On the 18 of July 2014 the Health Products Regulatory Authority granted a marketing authorisation for cannabis based medicinal product Sativex® to be marketed in Ireland. The remaining timeframe for making the product available for prescribing in Ireland is the responsibility of the holder of the product authorisation, GW Pharmaceuticals PLC and their European partner Almirall. The...