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Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is a pity we have got to the stage in this Parliament that Members put down debates at short notice. Ministers are very happy to turn up and deal with debates at short notice but Members then raise issues that were not referred to specifically in their questions, and then try to shout down the Minister when the Minister tries to-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am happy to withdraw the term "opportunistic" if it offends the Deputy but what he specifically mentions is Galway and other major problems, particularly in the area of youth mental health. If we want to have a serious Parliament and we want to hold Ministers to account, we really need to raise issues-----

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: -----with adequate notice so that it is possible for us to give comprehensive responses to the questions. There is little point in putting down a question about services in Galway and then raising questions about Dún Laoghaire if the Deputy expects to get an answer.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: On a general point, I am informed that Galway-Roscommon mental health services have a per capita spend of €191, compared to a national average of €160. In addition, Galway-Roscommon mental health services have been successful in securing 58 additional new staff posts using development funding since 2012. Of these 58 new posts, a total of 45 are now in place and a further 13...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputies for raising this issue and for giving me an opportunity to update the House. I am taking this debate on behalf of my colleague, the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is on Government business elsewhere. Galway-Roscommon mental health services are committed to full implementation of A Vision for Change. The guiding principles involved under this widely agreed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (22 Apr 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: Diabetes Strategy (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 109 and 110 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. An organisation wishing to apply for National Lottery Funding must complete and submit a formal application. The closing date for receipt of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 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 Appointment Status (22 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 (22 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Managing a heart attack is very different today to ten or twenty years ago. There are now interventions that can limit the damage to the heart such as thrombolysis (clot busting drugs) and Primary PCI (a type of heart procedure to remove the blockage in the arteries). Primary PCI is done on STEMI heart attacks (that’s about 20% of heart attacks) and is done in a specialist centre...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (22 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 Appointment Status (22 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 Appointment Status (21 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: Cancer Screening Programmes (21 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. 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: Hospitals Data (21 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 452 and 459 together. The patient information requested by the Deputy and comprising of the private/public mix and elective/emergency mix by hospital will be published with HSE's February Performance Report at the end of April. Thereafter, this data will continue to be published on a monthly basis with the HSE's monthly Performance Reports throughout 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (21 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The recruitment and retention of doctors at all levels – from medical graduate to specialist – is a priority for me as Minister for Health. In this context, I am committed to the implementation of the recommendations of the Strategic Review of Medical Training and Career Structure. In July 2013, a Working Group, chaired by Prof. Brian MacCraith, President, Dublin City...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (21 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: At the end of 2014, two consultant transplant surgeons left the renal and pancreas transplant programme at Beaumont Hospital, one on retirement and the second on leave of absence for professional development purposes. Given the limited number of surgeons who specialise in transplantation, any vacancies pose a challenge. While every effort is being made to fill the vacancies, remaining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (21 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I recently met with Arthritis Ireland and was updated on the Fit for Work programme, which Arthritis Ireland promote and which aims to better align the work and health agendas in Ireland and I assume this is programme referred to by the Deputy. I, along with Minister Lynch, recently published the priorities for the Department of Health for 2015. One of the priorities identified under...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (21 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...

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