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Written Answers — Department of Health: Asbestos Remediation Programme (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to advise the Deputy that the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation is responsible for Regulations under the Asbestos Directive which include matters relating to the removal of asbestos. Under the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulations 2006 (S.I. No. 386 of 2006) the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) is required to maintain the Asbestosis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Environmental Protection Agency Remit (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have been informed that the research programme referred to by the Deputy was formally commissioned by the Environmental Protection Agency. I therefore cannot answer the Deputy's question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (14 May 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 Reports (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If the Deputy has 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 Consultants Contract (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days will he please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Promotions (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Recruitment Service is not in a position to provide statistics on whether appointees into promotional post are internal or external to the HSE. This information is not supplied by candidates and therefore cannot be collated by the National Recruitment Service.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Reports (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: We know that in Ireland the level of obesity has doubled over the past 20 years. Currently two thirds of adults are overweight or obese and one in four children are overweight or obese. One in five adults are physically inactive and only 25 per cent of children meet the guidelines on physical activity. The report in question arises from a recent presentation by the World Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Negligence Claims (14 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Approximately 60% of births occur in HSE run maternity units and 40% in Dublin voluntary maternity hospital units. The State Claims Agency (SCA) has provided further clarification in relation to the figures it released to a Sunday newspaper, which were based on a very specific series of questions from that newspaper. The SCA has advised my Department that when symphysiotomy claims are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (13 May 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 Insurance (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Government is undertaking fundamental reform of the health service in order to ensure we deliver one that is more efficient, effective and of a higher quality. A major costing exercise, involving my Department, the ESRI, the Health Insurance Authority and the HSE, is currently underway to establish the cost to the individual, household and to the State of the introduction of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 May 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 (13 May 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: National Cancer Strategy Implementation (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 157 and 158 together. A Cancer Strategy Steering Group is being established to provide guidance and advice to my Department in formulating a new Cancer Strategy for the period 2016-2025. It is envisaged that the Steering Group will submit a draft Cancer Strategy for consideration by me before the end of 2015 with a view to the new strategy being ready for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Incidence (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Cancer Registry is the statutory body with responsibility for, inter alia,the collection and analysis of information relating to the incidence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland. My Department has asked the Registry to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the number and types of cancer diagnosed each year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Policy (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As previously advised in my reply of 6 May 2015, policy responsibility with regard to planning and the legislative framework in relation to the siting of wind turbines rests with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and my Department provides advice from time to time when requested by the above mentioned Department. My Department has not carried out any research...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Deputy for the issue raised. The case remains ongoing and therefore I am limited in my response, however , I have been informed by the HSE that the 2 investigations remain ongoing. There are no other investigations at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (13 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Deputy for the question raised. The most up-to-date information from the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland is that the lady referred to in your correspondence applied for registration as a General Nurse, a Public Health Nurse and a Nurse Tutor in 2013. She was granted registration as a General Nurse on 21 January 2014. Her application was assessed for Public Health...

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to clarify for the Deputy that actions have been taken to assure the safety of maternity services in Portlaoise. I do not think anybody waited for a report to do this. As the Deputy will be aware, actions have been ongoing for the best part of a year. The ones that may take a few months to complete include the establishment of an independent patient advocacy service which might have...

Topical Issues: HIQA Reports (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I welcome the opportunity to address the House on this matter. I want to begin by recognising the courage and fortitude of the patients and families who shared their stories. I want to thank them for bringing their experiences into the public domain. I hope the publication of this report brings them some small comfort. They have provided us with the opportunity to learn from the past and...

Seanad: Alcohol Consumption in Ireland: Statements (12 May 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the House for raising this issue and giving me the opportunity to discuss it. I apologise to Members for being late and thank them for their patience, but I had to take a debate on Portlaoise hospital in the Dáil and given the day that was in it I thought I should respond to it myself. Before I start I wish to put the issue of alcohol in context. At the moment, the Department...