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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (1 Dec 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: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 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: Hospital Appointment Status (1 Dec 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 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 (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is clear that long waiting times for scoliosis surgery both in Crumlin and in Galway, which have been highlighted in recent media reports, are unacceptable. I am determined that these waiting times will be addressed as a priority, through additional resources and increased capacity. Scoliosis in children and young people is predominantly managed at Our Lady’s...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (1 Dec 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: Departmental Staff Data (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The establishment of an Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service (IGEES) is a central Government initiative to enhance the capacity of the Civil Service to undertake evaluations of public expenditure, to provide economic analysis, and to improve the analytical resources available in the design and formulation of policy. It is led by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 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: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 433 and 435 together. The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills are providing a range of services and supports to individuals diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination regardless of age, on an ex-gratia basis. These services and supports which are co-ordinated by the HSE National Advocacy Unit are intended to provide that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (1 Dec 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: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The IBTS currently provides a haemochromatosis service at three centres, two in Dublin and one in Cork. The service is provided free of charge and, where patients meet all the normal blood donation criteria, they can become blood donors. Where a regular donor (someone who has donated within the previous two years) is diagnosed with haemochromatosis, they can continue to donate and have their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 439 and 440 together. The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that all people ordinarily resident in the country are entitled, subject to certain charges, to  public in-patient hospital services including consultant services and to public out-patient hospital services. As provided for by the Health (In-Patient Charges) Regulations (S.I. No. 543 of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 443 and 449 together. At the outset I would like to offer my sincerest condolences to the family involved in this case. The Deputy will appreciate that I have a limited role in individual cases and do not have access to individual patient files or personal information. I am informed that the HSE and the Coombe Hospital have been in contact with this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Dec 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 Appointment Status (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 specifically precludes me from directing the HSE to prioritise a treatment for any individual. In these circumstances, the Deputy will appreciate that I cannot intervene on the lines suggested. I should also draw the Deputy's attention to the National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (1 Dec 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: Health Care Professionals (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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, by regulation, designate a health and social care profession not already designated if he or she considers that it is appropriate and in the public interest to do so and if specified criteria have been met. In...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is clear that long waiting times for scoliosis surgery both in Crumlin and in Galway are unacceptable. As Minister for Health, I am determined that these waiting times are to be addressed as a priority, with the focus on additional resources and capacity. Scoliosis in children and young people is predominantly managed at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (1 Dec 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 (1 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is responsible for the collection, collation and publication of Inpatient and Day Case waiting lists. Waiting list information is published on the NTPF website at the end of each month. The information is presented in different report formats, i.e. by National/Trend, by Hospital/Group, and by Specialty. The most recent Inpatient/Day Case waiting...