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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver health services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister from directing the HSE to provide treatment or a personal service to any individual. The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver health services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister from directing the HSE to provide treatment or a personal service to any individual. In relation to the particular patient query raised by you, as this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Under the Health Act 2004, the Health Service Executive (HSE) is required to manage and deliver health services. Section 6 of the HSE Governance Act 2013 bars the Minister from directing the HSE to provide treatment or a personal service to any individual. The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: HSE Staffing (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 167 to 171, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. If the Deputy has 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: HSE Staffing (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 172 to 177, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. If the Deputy has 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: Health Services Staff Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 to 183, inclusive, together. I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on these questions. 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: Health Services Staff Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: Health Services Staff Data (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: Ambulance Service Provision (2 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 Appointment Delays (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that it is contrary to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 for me to make a direction to the HSE or a hospital to benefit or prioritise any individual person or patient. In relation to your further query in this matter, as it 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...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (2 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: Drug Treatment Programmes (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 190 to 194, inclusive, together. Government policy in relation to drugs emphasises the need to provide opportunities for people to move on from illicit drug use to a drug-free life where that is achievable. Drug-specific community employment schemes have made a significant contribution to the broad rehabilitation effort. This special programme is part of...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this issue. 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (2 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that it is contrary to the Health Service Executive (Governance) Act 2013 for me to make a direction to the HSE or a hospital to benefit or prioritise any individual person or patient. The scheduling of appointments for patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 105 to 107, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, 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 Insurance Prices (1 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Community rating, reflecting the principle of intergenerational solidarity, is a fundamental cornerstone of the Irish health insurance market. Under community rating, the level of risk that a particular consumer poses to an insurer does not directly affect the premium paid. Premiums for younger or healthier lives are typically higher than their expected claims would require, whereas for older...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (1 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: Plans for the establishment of a Patient Safety Agency are under review in the context of the strategic reform of the health services and the measures that are being taken to strengthen patient safety, including advocacy and related services, within the HSE. This review will allow me to decide on the most appropriate way forward in the best interest of patients. I hope this clarifies the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (1 Apr 2015)
Leo Varadkar: My Department is currently reviewing the recommendations made by KPMG (2008) in relation to the locations for the redevelopment of the Coombe and the Rotunda Hospitals. This review was necessitated by the decision to locate the new National Children’s Hospital at St James’s Hospital, and the consequent need to provide a maternity hospital on that campus in order to have a...