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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Discharges (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: With regard to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, 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: Hospitals Discharges (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service issue this question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply within 15 working days, he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (6 Apr 2016)

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 Beds Data (6 Apr 2016)

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: Hospitals Building Programme (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: In 2015, following a review, I accepted the recommendation of my Department to relocate the Rotunda Hospital to the Connolly Hospital campus. Co-locating maternity hospitals on the sites of acute hospitals is in line with international best practice, and helps ensure that mothers have immediate access to a full range of medical and support services, should the need arise. The relocation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: My Department continues to support the development and implementation of measures by the HSE to progress the European Working Time Directive (EWTD) compliance. There have been a number of high level actions initiated by the HSE, including a much greater focus at hospital level on EWTD compliance and recruitment of a number of additional NCHDs and consultants. Changes also include revised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I am pleased that it has been possible with effect from 1 March 2016 to significantly improve the rate of pay for fourth year student nurses during their clinical placement to 70% of the first point of the staff nurse scale. Recognition for the duration of the placement as public service for incremental credit purposes has also been restored. This credit had been abolished by the previous...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (6 Apr 2016)

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 Staff Recruitment (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE 2015 Service Plan included a priority to reduce reliance on agency. Overall agency expenditure for 2015 reduced by approximately €8.2m or 2.4% on the 2014 figure. The Acute Sector has been the most prominent in seeing a reduction in agency with expenditure falling by €23.24m or 10% compared to 2014 figures. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (6 Apr 2016)

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 Waiting Lists (6 Apr 2016)

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: Sexual Offences Data (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to advise the Deputy that I have no function in relation to this matter. The Deputy will recall in my reply to her question in October 2015 that I confirmed that I am supportive of follow up research in this area. However, consideration of any further research is a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality/COSC. It should be noted that responsibility for rape crisis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, she can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, she can contact my Private Office and they will follow the matter up with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Abuse Prevention (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Child and Adolescent Sexual Assault Treatment Service in Galway has reopened and the service fully resumed.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. 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: General Practitioner Services Provision (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is committed to ensuring that patients throughout the country continue to have access to GP services, especially in remote, rural areas and also in certain urban areas, and that general practice is sustainable in such areas into the future. There has been a positive engagement between the HSE, the Department and the IMO on a set of proposals for enhanced rural GP practice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Expenditure (14 Apr 2016)

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: Drugs Payment Scheme Coverage (14 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: With regard to the specific query raised by the Deputy, 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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (14 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) Office has advised that until a fully completed application form including a copy of referral letter from Irish based public hospital consultant is received it will not be in a position to issue a decision on this case. Full details of the scheme and application process are available on the HSE website or by phone from 056 7784059. Under the Health...