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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 291, 297 and 298 together. The number of consultants has grown significantly in recent years to 2,700 WTE. This includes an increase of 300 consultants since the Government came into office, in spite of the economic crisis. The number of NCHDs has also increased significantly, by over 1,000 since the end of 2010, and now exceeds 5,400. There are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (22 Oct 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 Staff Data (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the 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 Accommodation Provision (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The current project underway at Naas General Hospital will deliver accommodation and ancillary services to support the endoscopy services department, physical medicine, physical therapy, oncology services and day procedures departments. The HSE has recently completed a review of this project. In this regard the strategic upgrade now made to the specification which the project's design and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: On 10 August 2015 the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) submitted a planning application for the new hospital and satellite centres to An Bord Pleanála. Much of the work undertaken for the project on the Mater site was transferable to the project in its new location. This includes in particular development of activity projections and capacity requirements,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: With regard 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: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme is operating very well since it was established on 10 November 2014. It was estimated that 350 women would apply to the Scheme, but in fact 578 applications have been accepted by the Scheme and as at 16 October 2015, 311 offers have been made. The Scheme has brought to an end years of uncertainty and costs for women who have undergone surgical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department and the Health Insurance Authority oversee the maintenance of a competitive and sustainable health insurance market, under the provisions of the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2014, and monitor developments on an ongoing basis to ensure that the market is regulated appropriately. Community rating is a fundamental cornerstone of the Irish health insurance system. Under community...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (22 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Between 2009 and 2014, the HSE's expenditure on reimbursed medicines remained stable at under €2 billion. Aggregate spending on the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme, the Drugs Payment Scheme (DPS) and the Long Term Illness (LTI) Scheme has reduced since 2009, despite an increase in numbers eligible for the schemes and the introduction of more expensive new medicines. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The 2015 forecast outturn, as published in the 2016 Expenditure Report includes a forecast supplementary estimate of €600 million to support services in 2015. We are closely monitoring the remaining months to attempt to ensure that the 2015 outturn comes in at the current projected level. However, if it becomes apparent that the outturn may exceed the projected level, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The additional measures provided during the course of 2015, not covered by the 2015 Revised Estimate for Health (Vote 38), are set out in the following table. - €m Waiting List Initiative 51 Emergency Department Overcrowding and Delayed Discharges 74 Winter Initiative 18 Earlier this year, agreement was reached with the IMO on a package of measures, including terms for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Oct 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. In relation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 Oct 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 scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are informed by public health advice and international best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The most recent analysis of life expectancy among Travellers was the All Ireland Traveller Health Study (AITHS) which was carried out in 2007 and the findings published in September 2010 with a follow up Birth Cohort Study published in September 2011. This was a comprehensive study of the health and social status of the Traveller community in Ireland and was carried out by the School of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (21 Oct 2015)

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 for direct reply to the Deputy. If he has 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 (21 Oct 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 scheduling...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 and 132 together. The Health Service Executive (Financial Matters) Act 2014 provided for the disestablishment of the Health Service Executive's Vote with effect from 31 December 2014, and the funding of the Executive through the Vote of the Office of the Minister for Health. The Act also set out the new statutory financial governance arrangements for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (21 Oct 2015)

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. Funding in 2015 amounts to €3.286m. My Department has received a large number of applications under the National Lottery Discretionary Fund which are currently being processed. All applicants will...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information Data (21 Oct 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table. Under S14 of the Freedom of Information Act, extensions to the 4 week deadline may only be sought where there is a significant number of records or where there are a number of requests for the same record(s) and compliance with the four week deadline is not "reasonably possible". FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUESTS -...