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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the information sought is not readily available in my Department I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy. 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: Legislative Process (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: To date, the following Bills have been referred to the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children for pre-legislative scrutiny. Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013; Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014; Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill; Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. I also expect to refer the following Bills to the Joint Oireachtas Committee...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Records (26 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: Air Ambulance Service Operations (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Emergency Aeromedical Support (EAS) Service Establishment Group was set up to examine how best to provide a dedicated EAS service. The Group has completed its work and its report is currently under consideration. Pending a decision, the Department of Defence has agreed that the Air Corps will further extend aeromedical support to the EAS, to June 2015. I have asked the HSE to respond...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she should take the matter up with the consultant and the hospital involved. In relation to the specific case raised, I have asked the HSE to respond to you...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Meningococcal disease is a serious disease the incidence of which is falling in Ireland.  Ireland's introduction of Meningococcal C and Pneumococcal vaccine programmes have reduced the burden of these diseases and Meningococcal B vaccine is currently being used to control outbreaks of Meningococcal B disease. In order to harmonise the approach to the management of meningitis in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Responsibility for leading and co-ordinating national policy on drug and substance misuse has been reassigned between Government Departments on a number of occasions since 1997. Responsibility for this very important policy area was assumed by my Department on 1 May 2011. The table below sets out funding allocated for community based drugs projects from the Drugs Initiative to Local Drug...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: It is assumed that the Deputy is referring to staff employed to support the day-to-day operation of Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Drug and Alcohol Task Force co-ordinators are, in the main, employed by the Health Service Executive (HSE). However, the HSE also allocates funding to Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for other support workers, including the posts of development...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE maintains the Central Treatment List, which is a register of all clients in receipt of methadone maintenance treatment for problem opiate use in Ireland. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Government has consistently monitored the effectiveness of drugs policy over the past twenty years in order to ensure that the approach to tackling problem drug use in Ireland continues to be relevant and appropriate. As part of the process of developing a new drugs strategy in 2001, a review was undertaken in order to examine the progress and impact of the drugs policy at the time and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Contracts (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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: Departmental Contracts Data (26 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: There is no record in the Department of any payments being made to the company in question. If the Deputy wishes to provide specific details of further companies to check, please provide details to my Private Office and I will ensure a prompt response. Contracts awarded by other bodies under the aegis of the Department is an operational matter for the body concerned and the Deputy should...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Naughten for raising this issue, which I am taking on behalf of the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, who is on Government business elsewhere. I should clarify that this issue concerns conciliation conferences under the aegis of the LRC and not a Labour Court recommendation, as was suggested in the initial text of matter raised. The unsocial hours premium payments...

Topical Issue Debate: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am not an expert on this issue by any means but, as I understand it, there are people who are directly employed by the HSE and, separately, there are people who work for private companies, charities, voluntary hospitals and sections 38 and 39 agencies. The latter are not HSE employees. Those bodies are given money by the HSE on the basis of service level agreements and are supposed to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 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: Irish Blood Transfusion Service (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Irish Blood Transfusion Service (IBTS) has in recent years developed haemochromatosis services in its Stillorgan and D'Olier Street clinics in Dublin, as well as in its Cork clinic. This has facilitated the cost-effective treatment of many people with this common disorder. The service is provided free of charge to patients. The IBTS also benefits through the patients becoming blood...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (25 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. 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 Appointment Status (25 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2014, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of waiting lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...