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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. Through the National Contact Point (NCP) office the HSE provides information for patients on the Cross-Border Directive on its website - - and also by phone. The principal function of the NCP is to facilitate exchange of information for patients concerning their rights and...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Reimbursement Service Payments (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter 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 matter with them.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: 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: Maternity Services (23 Jun 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: Midwifery Services (23 Jun 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: Midwifery Services (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the deputy for the matter raised. This question consists of three parts. In addressing part one of the question “Identification of routes to qualification as a midwife”, I wish to inform the Deputy that there are currently two routes available to become a midwife in Ireland. The first route is by way of a four-year undergraduate degree offered in six Higher...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Jun 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (23 Jun 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: Health Services Staff Remuneration (23 Jun 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: Health Services Staff Remuneration (23 Jun 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 (23 Jun 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 (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The BCG vaccine is currently part of the primary childhood immunisation schedule and is provided by the HSE. The vaccine is given to protect babies against Tuberculosis (TB). In Ireland the number of cases of TB has been falling and there were no cases in young children in 2014. In Ireland BCG vaccine expired at the end of April 2015. The licensed supplier has informed the HSE that...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (23 Jun 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 Appointment Status (23 Jun 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: Health Services Staff Data (23 Jun 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: Universal Health Insurance (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: My Department has incurred costs of €249,175.50 from April 2014 to date in respect of the commissioning of external expertise and advice on the development of a universal health insurance model. These costs are mainly associated with a 3 year Research Programme on Healthcare Reform, in partnership with the ESRI (€160,000) and, separately, the Department’s participation...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (23 Jun 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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients’ Rights in Cross Border Healthcare in Ireland. Through the National Contact Point (NCP) office the HSE provides information for patients on the Cross-Border Directive on its website - - and also by phone. Where a patient has adhered to the published administrative process in seeking a refund of the cost of healthcare...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2015 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is among a large number of applications currently being assessed by my Department. The organisation will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (23 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 483 and 484 together. 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. Any additional funding that may be required for a project, over and above the lottery grant, is a matter for the organisation. Details of grants paid...