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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The background to this issue is that nurses who trained in a country outside of Ireland and wish to work in Ireland are required to apply to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). In assessing an applicant for registration, to protect the public, the NMBI seeks evidence from applicants of comparable standards of education and practice. The timeframe for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank Deputy Moynihan for the question raised. The background to this issue is the current high level of nurse recruitment activity that includes the recruitment of nurses who trained in a country outside of Ireland. These positive recruitment initiatives, to attract nurses back into our Irish health system, are generating an increasing volume of nurse registration applications...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Improving waiting lists for scheduled care is a key priority for Government. In January, I put in place maximum permissible waiting times for inpatient and day case treatments and outpatient appointments of 18 months by 30 June and 15 months by year end. An initial assessment by the HSE indicated that 4,995 patients would require inpatient or day case treatment by the end of June 2015....

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The NTPF reports are generated from data provided by hospitals regarding all patients on their waiting lists at a specific point in time. The figures reported by the NTPF as waiting over one year at 31 December 2013 were accurate as of that date. Only hospitals have the capacity to add patients to or to remove patients from waiting lists. The NTPF reports reflect objectively the numbers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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 Services (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The consultant who undertook pancreas transplants at Beaumont Hospital retired at the end of 2014. While Beaumont Hospital is making every effort to recruit a suitable replacement, the hospital is also collaborating with St Vincent’s University Hospital in relation to a combined approach to kidney/pancreas transplants. It is proposed that pancreas transplants, of which 6 were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (9 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 (9 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: Maternity Services (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Publication of the National Maternity Strategy is one of my priorities for 2015. The National Maternity Strategy Steering Group, which is advising on the strategy, has now met four times. I attended the most recent meeting of the Group and I am satisfied with the progress made to date. I was pleased to recently announce the relocation of two of the three Dublin maternity hospitals,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Immunisation is regarded as one of the safest and most cost-effective of health care interventions. International studies and scientific assessments suggest that the best way to prevent most disease due to human papillomavirus (HPV) is to vaccinate as many girls and women as possible. The HPV vaccine protects girls from developing cervical cancer when they are adults. It is available free...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (9 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: Ambulance Service Response Times (9 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: Accident and Emergency Departments (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am committed to the further development of the role of Portlaoise Hospitals as a constituent hospital within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, which also includes St. James's, Tallaght, Tullamore, Naas and the Coombe Hospitals. The Dublin Midlands Hospital Group and the HSE Acute Hospitals Division are examining the scope of services in Portlaoise, and other hospitals in the Group,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 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: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (9 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: Vaccination Programme (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 informed by public health advice and international best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy Implementation (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Cancer Strategy Steering Group, which I established to provide guidance and advice to my Department on developing a new National Cancer Strategy for the period 2016-2025, will submit a draft Cancer Strategy for consideration by me before the end of 2015 with a view to a new strategy being in place from 2016. Models of care, designated cancer centres and workforce planning are among...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the completion of the new 20 bed CF and respiratory unit at Cork University Hospital. This unit, with single bedrooms and state of the art infection control, will be a great boost for CF patients and their families in the region. The construction of new paediatric CF facilities at CUH has also started. I am aware of concerns about delays in opening the new inpatient unit at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (9 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 Services (9 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The consultant who undertook pancreas transplants at Beaumont Hospital retired at the end of 2014. While Beaumont Hospital is making every effort to recruit a suitable replacement, the hospital is also collaborating with St Vincent’s University Hospital in relation to a combined approach to kidney/pancreas transplants. It is proposed that pancreas transplants, of which 6 were...

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