Results 25,501-25,520 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Building Programme (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply as the delivery of the health care infrastructure is a service matter. 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: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (16 Jun 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. However, there is no...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (16 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. In relation to the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 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: Hospital Appointment Delays (16 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: Hospital Appointment Status (16 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: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 563 and 661 together. The EU Directive on the application of patient’s rights in cross-border healthcare seeks to ensure a clear and transparent framework for the provision of cross-border healthcare within the EU and is designed to clarify patients' rights to access safe and good quality treatment across EU/EEA Member States. The Health Service...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jun 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: Ambulance Service Provision (16 Jun 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 (16 Jun 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 Capital Programme (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: There is a project underway at Roscommon Hospital to build an endoscopy unit. This project includes a decontamination unit which is adequate to support the needs of the new expanded endoscopy department. The HSE has been requested to provide you with a status report on the project's progress. Any future investment at Roscommon Hospital must be considered within the overall acute...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 572, 573, 653 and 655 together. I wish to thank the Deputies for the matter raised. The Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI) is the independent, statutory organisation which regulates the nursing and midwifery professions in Ireland. In this regard, I would like to advise you that the setting of fees to be paid by nurses and midwives is a matter...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: My Department has no policy on this matter and has no plans to develop one. Furthermore, it is not the role of my Department to have opinions on the causation of disease but rather to rely on the relevant science and evidence to guide us.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 Jun 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 (16 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: Health Services Provision (16 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (16 Jun 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: HSE Complaints Procedures (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: The HSE, as the employer, has referred this case to the Director of Advocacy. The issue raised by the Deputy is an employment matter. I have no role or function in this matter and it would be inappropriate for me to intervene.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (16 Jun 2015)
Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised, 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 (16 Jun 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.