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Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Data (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is the policy in my Department only to engage the services of external consultants where it is felt to be appropriate and cost-effective, taking account of Government decisions and policy on the matter. The information requested by the Deputy is presented in the following table for the period March 2011 to June 2015. I will revert to the Deputy should the Department have engaged any...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Advisers Remuneration (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed in the following table: Special Advisors in the Department of Health Year Number of Advisors Total Pay 2011 5 €157,189 2012 4 €208,132 2013 4 €196,139 2014 5 €206,895 2015 3 €243,961

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the matter of the data requested and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) provides a haemochromatosis service in its Stillorgan and D’Olier Street centres in Dublin, as well as in Cork. There is no charge for this service, irrespective of medical entitlement or health insurance cover. Where patients meet the normal blood donation criteria, they can also become blood donors. People who wish to use the service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (8 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: Hospitals Data (8 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: Hospitals Data (8 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: Registration of Nurses (8 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: Hospital Appointment Status (8 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: Health Care Professionals (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 384 and 391 together. 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 early next year. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: There are no proposals to change the gross income limits for medical cards for persons aged 70 years and older. I can advise the Deputy that persons aged 70 years and over can be assessed both under the over-70s gross income arrangements and under the standard medical card means test which is open to persons irrespective of their age. Furthermore persons, including those aged 70 years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. In line with practice in other EU Member States, the HSE, through the National Contact Point (NCP) office, provides information for patients on the Cross-Border Directive (CBD) on its website - - and also by phone. The principal function of the NCP (which is the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cover (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The inclusion of maternity benefit in all health insurance products is a statutory requirement. It is part of a legal obligation on health insurers to provide a specific minimum level of benefit in all health insurance products sold. Minimum Benefit Regulations, made under the Health Insurance Acts, require insurers to offer a minimum benefit to every insured person. The key purpose of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 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: European Health Insurance Card (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under EU Regulations, all persons ordinarily resident in the EU are entitled to apply for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The EHIC certifies that the holder has the right to receive emergency healthcare during a temporary stay in any EU country as well as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland. This right is guaranteed to all persons who are covered by the public healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under EU Regulations, all persons ordinarily resident in Ireland are entitled to apply for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC). The EHIC certifies that the holder has the right to receive emergency healthcare during a temporary stay in any EU country as well as Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland. This right is guaranteed to all persons who are covered by the public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 400 to 402, inclusive, together. With regard to the specific 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (8 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: Health Insurance Community Rating (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Community rating whereby all subscribers are charged the same premium for a particular plan, irrespective of risk factors such as age, gender or health status is a fundamental cornerstone of the Irish health insurance market. Risk equalisation is the standard transfer mechanism used to equalise risk and underpin community rating internationally. The Risk Equalisation Scheme in Ireland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (8 Dec 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The NTPF has recently commenced a GI Endoscopy Initiative which it aims to complete before the end of the year. The Initiative will target those waiting over 12 months now or before the end of December 2015 for a routine endoscope. While these patients are largely confined to a small number of hospitals, the Initiative aims to offer an external appointment to all patients waiting 12 months....