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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (17 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: Ambulance Service Provision (17 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: HSE Properties (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive (HSE) operates a protocol for the disposal of surplus property assets. This protocol sets out three options. 1. Does a State Agency require the property? 2. Open market sale, subject to favourable market conditions. 3. Community/voluntary use will be considered only if points 1 and 2 above do not materialise. Any proposals for the property in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (17 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: Palliative Care for Children (17 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 Waiting Lists (17 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: Speech and Language Therapy (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 445 to 447, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these matters. 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 matters with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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: Registration of Nurses (17 Dec 2015)

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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE operates the Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations (EC) No. 987/2009, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Patients have the ability to apply to the HSE TAS seeking access to public healthcare outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 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 Services (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Services at the Regional Cardiac Catheterisation Laboratory (cath lab) at University Hospital Waterford are led by three Consultant Interventional Cardiologists and their teams. This service is developing in line with best practice and the national clinical programme for acute coronary care. The cath lab in UHW performs approximately 40 invasive cardiovascular procedures each week and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Workforce Data (17 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: Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) is the independent national certification and registration body for emergency medical technicians in Ireland, including paramedics and advanced paramedics. PHECC provides recognition of training institutions for provision of specific training courses.  It may also provide recognition of professional qualifications in pre-hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of my Department is set out in legislation. In line with Government Decision S180/20/10/1617 of 2014 and Guidelines set out by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department, in conjunction with the Public Appointments...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: On 30 September 2014 the Government announced further substantial reforms to the appointment system for Board members, building on the model established in 2011, under which all appointments should: a) be advertised openly on the State Boards website portaloperated by the Public Appointments Service (PAS); b) meet specific and detailed criteria determined necessary for the effective...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Commencement of Legislation (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Information is set out in the following table on provisions not yet commenced in Acts under the aegis of my Department and enacted since March 2011. Name of Act Detail or purpose of sections not yet commenced Status Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 Sections 4(2), 9(2)(g)(ii), 37(2)(a), 39,40,41,44,45, 59(1)(b) re professional competence, 59(2)(d), 65(1)(b), 84, 87 – 91, 102(2),(3),(5),...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Smaller Hospitals Framework outlines the need for smaller hospitals and larger hospitals to work together within hospital groups. It identifies the need for smaller hospitals to be supported within the hospital group in terms of education and training, continuous professional development, the sustainable recruitment of high quality clinical staff and the safe management of deteriorating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Beds Data (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Additional funding of €18 million has been provided to support the acute hospital system over the winter period by providing additional bed capacity and other initiatives to support access to care. A further 301 beds are being added to support the acute hospital system over the winter period across various locations. As of 16 December, 174 of these beds are now open with a further 69...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Trusts (17 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: A literature review of Independent Hospital Trusts was requested from the Health Research Board by my Department in 2011, to inform policy development. Following peer review, it was agreed that the original literature review should be supplemented by additional case studies, with appropriate material for integration into the literature review identified. The literature review was submitted to...