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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy 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 (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: 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: Appointments to State Boards (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Pending the enactment of legislation, the Hospital Groups are being set up in line with the Government’s programme for reform of the health service initially on a non-statutory administrative basis, with Hospital Group Boards operating within the existing legislative framework. Hospital Group Chairpersons are already in place (appointed on an administrative basis) for all Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Public Health (Alcohol) Bill, including provision for minimum unit pricing, was approved by Government and initiated in the Seanad in December 2015. The aim is to reduce consumption to 9.1 litres of pure alcohol per capita and the harms caused by alcohol. This is part of a suite of measures agreed by the Government in 2013 on foot of the recommendations in the Steering Group Report on a...

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

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 he should contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

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

Leo Varadkar: In November 2015, in conjunction with the HSE Director General, the Minister for Health issued a National Emergency Department Escalation Framework to hospitals, on how best to manage hospital capacity and patient flow through the hospital at times when there is a surge in demand for emergency care. At times of surge, when there is significant demand for emergency care, the Escalation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this matter. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and it will follow up the matter with them.

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 and 565 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and it 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 the negotiation of a comprehensive new GP contract with the Irish Medical Organisation. In that context, the Government has provided €10 million for the extension, in the latter part of 2016, of GP care without fees to all children aged 11 years and under. The GP service will be subject to negotiations, which have already commenced, with the IMO in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Data (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating...

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

Leo Varadkar: There are many causes of obesity including biological, genetic, environmental, education, skills, income, employment, transport, availability of healthier foods and physical activity. As the Deputy will be aware, I wrote to the Minister for Finance about a sugar tax before the Budget. Taxing sugar added drinks is but one of many measures that I am addressing in the National Obesity...

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 569 to 571, inclusive, together. In 2008, a HSE commissioned an independent review of the existing adult critical care provision and assessment of future requirements to the year 2020. The report recommended that the number of critical care beds in the system should increase from 289 to 579 over the period 2010 to 2020 and the development of a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy Roll-out (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The development of primary care is central to the Government's objective to deliver a high quality, integrated and cost effective health care system. Primary care centres procured through a combination of public and private investment, will facilitate the delivery of multi-disciplinary primary health care. The mechanism and timescale for delivery of primary care infrastructure is dependent...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Prices (6 Apr 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has statutory responsibility for decisions on pricing and reimbursement of medicinal products under the community drug schemes in accordance with the provisions of the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Act 2013. The HSE faces a continuing challenge to deliver services in a way that will minimise any adverse impact on patients and continue to protect, as far as...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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 National...