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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (14 Jan 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 Appointment Status (14 Jan 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: HSE Investigations (14 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to express my sympathies to the family of the person concerned. The Deputy will appreciate that it would not be appropriate for me to comment further at this time. With regard to the information sought by the Deputy, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Pensions (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Membership of the Voluntary Hospitals Superannuation Scheme (VHSS) is available to certain public servants who are directly employed by one of the hospitals to which the scheme applies and who meet the relevant eligibility criteria. Based on the information supplied, it appears that the individual in question is employed by a private agency and is therefore not eligible for continued VHSS...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: 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. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding in 2016 it should submit a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form for 2016 are now available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (13 Jan 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: HSE Staff Promotions (13 Jan 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 on the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the management of the healthcare property estate is a service matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office who will follow up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Deputy for the matter raised. Given that this is an operational matter, it is appropriate that it should be dealt with by the NMBI. I have referred the Deputy's question to the NMBI for attention and direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the NMBI 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 (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Physiotherapists Registration Board will soon make the necessary bye-laws under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 to allow it to establish its register. The title of physiotherapist will, as a consequence, be protected for the exclusive use of the board's registrants when the register's 2 year transitional period ends in 2018. I am currently examining the issue of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme Payments (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The Programme for Government commits to seeking a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme. Government agreed to the establishment of a Scheme for this purpose, which commenced in November 2013. To date the Scheme has cost €2.9m and 46 awards have been made, with a small number of cases outstanding. Each of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: My Department received an application in 2015 for National Lottery funding from the organisation referred to by the Deputy. Applications for National Lottery grants far exceed the resources available. The lottery fund for 2015 has been allocated and, unfortunately on this occasion, it was not possible to assist in this particular case. The organisation has been notified of the outcome of its...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The applicant applied for consideration of registration in the General Nurse Division of the Register on 27 November 2014. The applicant originally undertook her nurse training in Romania. As part of the application process, the applicant was requested to complete an application form and return with various documents to the NMBI. She was also required to arrange for other documents to issue...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (13 Jan 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: Ministerial Appointments (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to persons nominated to serve in positions carrying remuneration, other than out of pocket expenses is not readily available, but I will forward a detailed reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: I have been informed by the HSE that the person referred to has received treatment on 16 December, 2015. Under the Health Act 2004, the 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 providing treatment of a personal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Jan 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: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: In 2015, the Department paid €12,458 in respect of subscription fees to external membership bodies on behalf of 29 members of staff. The memberships were relevant to the work duties of the staff concerned. I have requested the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy in respect of such HSE expenditure. If you do not receive a reply within 15 working days please contact my private office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: Since 1 September, 2015 the Department has had a digital subscription to a daily national newspaper for sixteen licences. The cost of this subscription in 2015 was €2,145. Up to the end of August 2015, daily national newspapers were purchased in local newsagents rather than by subscription. From 1 September, the Department has a monthly subscription to a daily national newspaper...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Advertising Expenditure (13 Jan 2016)

Leo Varadkar: In 2014, the Department spent €58,209 on advertisements in newspapers and other print media, mainly to promote awareness of new schemes or public consultations, in addition to posting updates to and using social media (@roinnslainte). No advertisements were placed on radio, television or through social media. Figures for 2015 are being compiled and I will forward those on to the Deputy...