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Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In September 2013 the Labour Court issued a binding recommendation to the HSE, SIPTU and IMPACT stipulating that Home Helps receive a guaranteed minimum number of working hours per week. The recommendation provided for Home Helps being guaranteed 80% of the hours they worked in the period between 1 October 2011 and 31 March 2012 per week in new contracts. Following this engagement a new...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Cancer Strategy Implementation (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The study to which the Deputy refers, the Concord 2 global study, looked at survival rates in 67 countries for various cancers in 1995-1999 and compared these with survival levels in 2005-2009. The study acknowledged that Ireland's survival rates have improved consistently in recent years. However, the period under review largely pre-dates the National Cancer Strategy 2006-2015, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (28 Apr 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 Deputy's...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263, 264 and 322 together. Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection is generally mild affecting only the skin, but can occasionally be more severe and debilitating. Lyme borreliosis is a notifiable infectious disease, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE introduced an embargo on recruitment in 2007. This was followed by the public sector wide moratorium on recruitment in 2008 given the need to reduce public service numbers and maximise savings in the public service as a result of the downturn in the economy. Notwithstanding this the HSE has had the capacity to recruit where it is necessary to deliver front-line services. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (28 Apr 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 Services (28 Apr 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 Waiting Lists (28 Apr 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 (28 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Patient safety is a priority for my Department and the delivery of Ireland's health services. Increased emphasis on patient safety in policy reform, legislative changes and development of standards of care driven by quality improvement initiatives underpin the Health Service Executive's (HSE's) Service Planning process and specific measures focused on quality and patient safety including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (28 Apr 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 Staff (28 Apr 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Provision (28 Apr 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 Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Spinal conditions, including scoliosis, in children and young people are predominantly managed at Our Lady's Children’s Hospital, Crumlin (OLCHC). It is acknowledged by all that waiting times for surgery are unacceptable and the HSE, Children's Hospital Group and OLCHC are actively working to address them as quickly as possible and exploring all short, medium- and long-term options to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Status (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board is the statutory body responsible for planning, designing, building and equipping the new children's hospital. The new hospital will be co-located with St James's Hospital, and ultimately tri-located with a maternity hospital to be developed on campus. In addition to the main hospital, the project includes two satellite centres at the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy might like to note that the NTPF commenced publication of hospital-level waiting list data in April 2015 and that this data will be updated on a monthly basis. As the specific information requested relates to service issues, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (28 Apr 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (28 Apr 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: Disease Management (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Lyme disease (also known as Lyme borreliosis) is an infection transmitted to humans by bites from ticks infected with the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi. The infection is generally mild affecting only the skin, but can occasionally be more severe and debilitating. Lyme borreliosis is is a notifiable infectious disease, the notifiable entity being the more severe neurological form, Lyme...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (28 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Treatment Purchase Fund is now publishing monthly waiting list reports at the end of each month. The report requested by the Deputy for the numbers of persons waiting for colonoscopies in each hospital, by time category, at March 2015 is now available from the National Treatment Purchase Fund Website: www.ntpf.ie.