Results 23,541-23,560 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: St Luke’s Hospital (SLH) Kilkenny has had a major €21m capital investment recently resulting in the development of the Susie Long Day Services Unit, Emergency Department /Acute Medical Assessment Unit, Hepatology Dept, Oncology Unit, Concourse and Education & Library Centre. The new development provides SLH with much needed additional capacity, and will support the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Additional funding of €16.9m (€8.9m revenue and €8m capital) was provided in July to support acute hospitals over the winter period. This ‘winter capacity’ funding is being applied to a range of initiatives including additional bed capacity. In preparation for the 2015/16 winter period, hospital groups have provided comprehensive winter resilience plans to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Last December I convened the ED Taskforce to assist in dealing with the challenges presented by ED overcrowding. Significant progress has been made to date on the ED Taskforce Plan implementation. Additional funding of €16.9m (€8.9m revenue and €8m capital) was provided in July to support acute hospitals over the winter period. This ‘winter capacity’...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: As of October 2015, total of 154 hospital beds were closed for refurbishment or for infection control purposes. 91 of these beds had reopened by 30th November and the HSE has confirmed that a total of 111 beds have been reopened by 4th Dec 2015. Further detail on the location of these beds is provided in the following table: - Beds Closed Beds Open on Beds Open on Hospital Oct-15...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Additional funding of €16.9m (€8.9m revenue and €8m capital) was provided in July to support acute hospitals over the winter period. This ‘winter capacity’ funding is being applied to a range of initiatives including additional bed capacity. In preparation for the 2015/16 winter period, hospital groups have provided comprehensive winter resilience plans to...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: My Department received an application 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 recently 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: Hospital Appointment Status (10 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 Groups (10 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 Services (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: In relation 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: Hospital Staff Recruitment (10 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 Data (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The review in question was commissioned by the HSE and, as such, the question of publication is a matter for the Executive. Accordingly, 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: Ambulance Service Response Times (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: In relation 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: Medical Card Data (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: As part of the assessment of Medical Card eligibility, the HSE's National Medical Card Unit (NMCU) does not specifically seek to establish if a person is undergoing chemotherapy treatment; nor does the NMCU collate data routinely on the number of people with a diagnosis of cancer who are granted Medical Card eligibility. The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that all people...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Rehiring (10 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: No applications for re-instatement following retirement on grounds of ill-health were received by my Department since 2004.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (10 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 Procedures (10 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 Services (10 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: Health Services Staff Data (10 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 (10 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: Child Health Services (9 Dec 2015)
Leo Varadkar: School Health services remain an important component of child health services. All children, for example, have their vision and hearing checked as part of the service with referrals onwards to specialist services occurring as required. Like any service, there is a continual need to examine the evidence for effectiveness of what we do. There are variations across the country in how services...