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Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Qualifications (1 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Recognition of medical qualifications for the purposes of registration as a medical practitioner entitled to work in Ireland is a matter for the Medical Council. I have forwarded your request to the Medical Council for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (1 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 115 to 120, inclusive, and 125 and 126 together. As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days he should contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (1 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform announced in budget 2014 that he intends to delegate greater autonomy to Departments and Agencies to manage their own staffing levels. The change from the application of a rigid employment control framework, with its particular focus on a moratorium on recruitment and compliance with employment ceilings and targets, to one operating strictly...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (1 Apr 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 122 to 124, inclusive, together. The provision of services to prevent and treat addiction to alcohol is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive and as such, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Senator for raising this matter. The background to this issue is that nurses who trained in a country outside of Ireland and wish to work in Ireland are required to apply to register as a nurse with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, NMBI The NMBI, following assessment of qualifications by an applicant, may require an applicant to undertake a six-week period of...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Nursing Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As I understand it Irish trained nurses do not have to do an adaption course but they do have to re-register with the NMBI if they allow their registration to lapse. There have been some delays in processing applications for all sorts of reasons, not entirely administrative delays, but I am certainly aware of that. It is the case that we are in quite a different position than where we were...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Senator for raising this important matter in the House. The overall strategic aim of the national drugs strategy is to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs, through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research. Within this framework, the HSE is committed to achieving improved...

Seanad: Commencement Matters: Drug Treatment Programmes Availability (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I will certainly ask my officials to check specifically on the service on Market Street. It is always a possibility that the information I have been given is incorrect. Given the scale and breadth of the health portfolio, it is just not possible for me to be au faitwith every individual service in every town and county at relatively short notice. I will ask my officials to look into the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery which requires a coordinated response to tackling the drugs problem. As Minister for Health, I have overall responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy at Government level. The Oversight Forum on Drugs, which I chair, is responsible for the high-level monitoring of the implementation of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HIQA Investigations (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 436, 443 and 469 to 471, inclusive, together. At the outset I might point out that the HIQA investigation into the infant deaths in Portlaoise Hospital is not a child protection issue. The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) was established by the Health Act 2007 with responsibility for driving quality, safety and accountability in residential...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the 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: Health Services Staff Recruitment (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him. It is important to note that I am precluded under Section 6 of the Health Service Executive Governance Act 2013 from directing the HSE to provide any treatment or service to an individual. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Allowances (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the 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: Departmental Meetings (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I can confirm that I am happy to facilitate a meeting between the organisation referred to and officials from my Department.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (31 Mar 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 (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The management of surgical activity requires the facilitation of emergency, trauma, or urgent care whilst addressing the competing requirement for theatre availability for non-urgent elective procedures. Particular problems arise in hospitals providing tertiary and national specialist services, where it is necessary to prioritise not only emergency and trauma surgery, but also cancer and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Groups (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has assured my Department that when issues, actual or perceived, are brought to its attention, objective action is undertaken: in the cases referred to by the Deputy, all appropriate personnel have cooperated fully with HSE Internal Audit reviews. The recommendations of the first review have been implemented by the Saolta University Healthcare Group. The report of the second review...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Reports (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 451 to 453, inclusive, together. One hundred and fifty three offers have been made by the Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme and accepted by the applicants to date, as follows: Amount of award Number of offers made to and accepted by the by the applicants to the scheme €50,000 97 €100,000 51 €150,000 5 The Department commissioned...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 454, 482 and 503 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (31 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The issue raised in this particular case relates to the payment of a premium of Time + 1/6thin respect of hours worked post 8 p.m. in the evening, until the end of shift. The matter has been the subject of conciliation conferences under the aegis of the LRC in October and November 2014 and most recently on March 3 2015. The staff concerned are employed by Brothers of Charity in Galway and...