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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The interim scheme of Age-Related Tax Credits and Community Rating Levy (ARTC) was in operation from 2009 to 2012. The total stamp duty levied on health insurance products was €347m in 2011 and €437m in 2012. The interim scheme was replaced by a permanent risk equalisation scheme from 1 January 2013. The total stamp duty levies on health insurance products was €413m in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 488 and 489 together. I have referred your questions to the Health Service Executive for consideration and direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office who will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The hospital charges that currently apply are as follows. The Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013 provides for a €100 charge for out-patient services provided at an emergency department, an accident and emergency department, a casualty department, a minor injury unit, an urgent care centre, a local injury unit or any other facility providing similar services, subject to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The majority of my Department's staff are established civil servants. There are a small number of employees on fixed-term contracts or seconded from the HSE or other health related State agencies. My Department does not engage agency staff and therefore, there was no expenditure on agency staff in the years from 2011 to 2014 and there is no budget projected for 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (16 Jul 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: HSE Expenditure (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Vote of the Health Service Executive was disestablished with effect from 31 December, 2014. All funding for the Executive is now provided through the Vote of the Minister for Health – Vote 38. Vote returns at end June are of course available, but this only provides information on the cash grants provided to the HSE and does not provide detail on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Eligibility (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Regulation (EC) 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 provide for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, within the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. This objective of the Regulation is to ensure that persons exercising their right to move and to stay freely within the EU/EEA and Switzerland do not suffer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the matter of income generated currently received for each episode of care for private patients in public hospitals at present; the average shortfall per episode 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the matter of income generated from persons who opt to be treated on a private basis on admission to a public hospital in the past four years per year; the amount envisaged to be collected for 2015 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is Government policy to move towards charging the full economic cost for the provision of private acute in-patient services. All persons who opt to be treated on a private basis on admission to hospital are liable for the fees of all consultants involved in his or her care and for hospital charges under Section 55 for that episode of care. Those charges are a per diem rate which are set...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health and Social Care Professionals Council and the registration boards, also known by the umbrella name CORU, established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 are responsible for protecting the public. They do so by promoting high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training and competence amongst registrants of the professions designated...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (16 Jul 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: Hospital Appointment Status (16 Jul 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 Appointment Status (16 Jul 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: Departmental Strategy Statements (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware the Government published its plans for adopting a digital approach for health in its eHealth Strategy for Ireland December 2013. The aims of the strategy are to bring improved population well being, health services efficiencies and economic opportunity through the use of technology enabled solution. Since that time, considerable progress in promoting the eHealth...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Identifiers Act 2014 provides for the establishment of systems of identifiers for clients and for healthcare providers, both professionals and organisations. Earlier this week, I signed the Commencement Order to bring into effect the relevant provisions to establish the Individual Health Identifier Register, to assign Individual Health Identifiers to individuals and to establish...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Because of changes to the Health Information Bill since the general scheme of the Bill was approved by Government, I will be bringing a revised general scheme to Government shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Government published its plans for adopting a digital approach for health in its eHealth Strategy for Ireland in December 2013. Since that time, considerable progress in promoting the eHealth agenda has taken place including increased funding for ICT and the recruitment of a Chief Information Officer for the health services for the first time ever. This was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 513, 516 and 517 together. As the delivery of capital funded projects is a service matter the Health Service Executive has been requested to reply directly to you in relation to projects under way in Cork including those at the Mercy University Hospital and the South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital. If you have not received a reply from the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (16 Jul 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514, 515 and 518 together. The Chair of the Non-Executive Advisory Board for the Reconfiguration of Acute Hospital Services in Cork and Kerry made a final report to me last month, and in that context, I am aware that the Board has recommended the development of a new elective hospital for Cork which would amalgamate Mercy and South Infirmary - Victoria...