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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (2 Jul 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: Noise Pollution (2 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: This is a matter for the HSE, therefore I have referred the question to the HSE for attention and direct reply. 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 Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 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: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 174 and 175 together. I wish to thank Deputy Buttimer for the questions raised. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the independent, statutory organisation which regulates the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. In this regard, I would like to advise that this is an operational matter and it is appropriate that it should be dealt...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (2 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 176 and 177 together. I wish to thank Deputy Buttimer for raising these questions. Delays in processing nurse registration applications are directly connected to the volume of requests arising from the current initiatives to attract and retain nurses in the Irish health services. The Department of Health and the HSE are collaborating in sourcing several...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Jul 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Jul 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 Consultants Recruitment (2 Jul 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 Facilities (2 Jul 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 (2 Jul 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: Ministerial Expenditure (2 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of expenses paid to me is set out below. All payments are based on travel and subsistence rates approved by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Period of travel Amount Description From 14/07/2014 to 31/12/2014 €7,300.82 Motor mileage From 01/01/2015 to 30/06/2015 €7,644.66 Motor mileage From 22/07/2014 to...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Finian McGrath for raising this issue. I am taking this debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is abroad on Government business. The Health Service Executive allocates funding to Gheel Autism Services under section 39 of the Health Act 2004 on foot of a service agreement, which is reviewed on an annual basis. In 2014, the agency...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Based on the speech the Deputy made earlier, he was claiming that some sorts of cuts have been made. As I outlined, an additional €12 million has been provided for a full year in the national service plan, €1.5 million has been added to that and €6 million is available 2015, which is being allocated to the community health care organisation areas. Rather than cuts,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 300, 391 and 392 together. The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance was published on 2 April 2014 and provides detailed information on the model of universal healthcare for Ireland. Under the White Paper model, everyone will be insured for a standard package of health services and will have their choice of health insurer from a mix of private health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Following publication of the White Paper on Universal Health Insurance, a major costing exercise, involving the Department of Health, the ESRI and others, was initiated. The purpose of the exercise is to examine the cost implications of a change to a multi-payer, universal health insurance model, as proposed in the White Paper. My Department has worked intensively with the ESRI on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 303 and 304 together. Following the meeting in my Department on 27 February in relation to breast cancer services at Letterkenny General Hospital, a breast surgeon from the Saolta Group attended clinics in Letterkenny in March, April, May and June. The consultant involved is next scheduled to hold a clinic in Letterkenny on 5 August. Further clinics have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 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 Staff Recruitment (7 Jul 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: National Lottery Funding Applications (7 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, 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 €3.286m. My Department has received a large number of applications under the National Lottery Discretionary Fund which are currently being...