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Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (16 Jun 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: Health 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: Health Services (16 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Since the 1st April 2005, recruitment for appointments to positions in the HSE has been subject to the provisions of the Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act, 2004 (the Act) and has been regulated by the (CPSA). Appointments to positions in the Health Service Executive, apart from those positions which are subject to the Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act...

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: Registration of Nurses (16 Jun 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 by the HSE and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (NMBI). I have referred the first part of the Deputy's question to the HSE and second part of the Deputy's question to the NMBI for attention and direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (16 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested is given in the following tables. The specific breakdown requested is only available for 2014 as this was the first year of operation since the reorganisation of the HSE into the service areas mentioned i.e. Primary Care, Acute Hospitals, Social Care, Health & Well-being and Mental Health. Corporate comes under the category "Other" and also includes...

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: National Treatment Purchase Fund (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 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 National...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (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.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: No. I said there was no cath lab in Portlaoise.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I very much agree that the maternity ward in Portlaoise hospital needs a capital investment. This will be discussed with the master of the Coombe and others in the next while. The unit in Portlaoise is probably about 30 to 50 years old. However, Deputies should bear in mind that there are other hospitals, both paediatric and maternity, that are 200 years to 300 years old. Unfortunately,...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies for giving me the opportunity to again update the House or plans for Portlaoise hospital. The Government is committed to securing and further developing the role of Portlaoise hospital as a constituent hospital within the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group, which also includes St James's, Tallaght, Tullamore, Naas and the Coombe hospitals. Any change to services at...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Lawlor for raising this issue. The national recruitment service, NRS, is actively recruiting hospital staff, in particular for HSE hospitals. Voluntary hospitals tend to do their own recruitment. The NRS was established to deliver high quality, cost effective recruitment through a shared service model in line with Government policy. To date, the NRS provides the full...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Staff Recruitment (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I make three points. The first is that we are in a very different situation this year than we were for the last three or four years. The last three or four years were all about not recruiting and not filling vacancies and now, all of a sudden, the NRS has been told to recruit lots of people very quickly. It is a struggle to turn around from being an organisation that was about staff...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (11 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: Public Sector Pensions (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to look into this matter and to respond to the Deputy directly. 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: Accident and Emergency Departments (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Reducing Emergency Department overcrowding is a priority issue for me and for the Government. All hospitals have escalation plans to manage not only patient flow but also patient safety in a responsive, controlled and planned way that supports and ensures the delivery of optimum patient care. I convened the ED Taskforce in December 2014 to provide focus and momentum in dealing with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to look into this matter and to respond to the Deputy directly. 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: Cross-Border Health Initiatives (11 Jun 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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. It is designed to clarify patients' rights to access safe and good quality treatment across EU/EEA Member States. The Health Service Executive operates the EU Directive on Patients' Rights in Cross...