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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, will he please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 219 and 221 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these matters. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, will he please contact my Private Office and they will follow up these matters with the HSE.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (25 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 and 222 together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, will he please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the HSE.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (25 Jun 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: Cancer Screening Programmes (25 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The extension of the BreastCheck screening programme to women aged 65 to 69 years, which will commence in Quarter 4, will cost approximately €0.1m in 2015. The funding requirement for 2016 will be considered in the context of the forthcoming estimates process.
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Feighan once again for raising this important issue in the House. I am pleased to outline the current developments in relation to the Loughglynn ambulance station. First, I should explain that the national ambulance service, NAS, is changing and modernising its model of service delivery. It is no longer considered appropriate for an ambulance station to provide services...
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I know the Deputy has enormous interest in this topic. We have discussed it in the House and he has raised it with me personally on a number of occasions. I can hear his passion for the issue from his speech today. From a political point of view I am very keen to have the station opened as soon as possible and the delay that has occurred to date is unacceptable. It is, unfortunately, a...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) is a viral respiratory disease caused by a novel coronavirus (MERS-CoV) that was first identified in Saudi Arabia in 2012. Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause diseases ranging from the common cold to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). Typical MERS symptoms include fever, cough and shortness of breath. Pneumonia is...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Jun 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 Services (30 Jun 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: Hospital Services (30 Jun 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 (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (30 Jun 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 (30 Jun 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: Hospital Facilities (30 Jun 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 Services (30 Jun 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 (30 Jun 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: Disease Management (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Scientific Advisory Committee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) has established a Lyme Borreliosis Sub-committee, the aim of which is to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to minimise the harm caused by of Lyme Borreliosis in Ireland. These strategies will be published in a Final Report. The inaugural meeting of this group took place on May 6th...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: As part of the work of the Special Action Group on Obesity, consideration was given to the imposition of a levy on Sugar Sweetened Drinks. Before any decision in the matter could be taken, the Institute of Public Health in Ireland (IPH) was requested by the Department of Health to undertake a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of a proposed levy on Sugar Sweetened Drinks (SSDs). An Obesity...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff (30 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Health Information and Quality Authority do not have a policy in place regarding this type of leave. There are no plans at this time to extend circular 51/1979 to State agencies.