Results 26,661-26,680 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 427, 428 and 431 together. As these are service matters, the questions have been referred to the Health Service Executive (HSE) for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. If no reply has been received from the HSE within 15 working days will the Deputy please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with the Executive.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE operates the Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation (EC) No. 883/2004, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations (EC) No. 987/2009, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Patients have the ability to apply to the HSE TAS seeking access to public healthcare outside the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the query raised, as this is a service matter I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days will he please contact my private office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If he has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days will he please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (10 Mar 2015)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Oireachtas Joint Committee Reports (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Joint Oireachtas Committee Report on Childhood Immunisation made recommendations in relation to the development of vaccination services for children in Ireland. Since that time the majority of the recommendations made in the report have been addressed and implemented. In relation to the recommendation regarding a no fault vaccine damage compensation scheme my Department convened an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days will he please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days will he please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: You will appreciate that 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 the particular patient query raised by you, 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Data (10 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: Labour Court Recommendations (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In line with a Labour Court recommendation in 2013 home help workers directly employed by the HSE were issued with new contracts from 1 April 2014. The new contracts, which issued pursuant to engagement with the staff unions, provide each home help with guaranteed hours each week. This is a positive development for HSE employed home helps. The new contracts did not involve any adjustments to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Retention (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am committed to ensuring that all available organs are used for transplantation to patients in Ireland. I am advised by the HSE that no medically suitable organs that are donated for transplant are discarded. While efforts continue to be made to fill Consultant vacancies at Beaumont Hospital, adequate surgeons are available to provide transplant services.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Life Insurance Policies (10 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Lifetime Community Rating (LCR) is being introduced to encourage people to take out private health insurance at a younger age. Encouraging more people to join the market at younger ages helps spread the costs of older and less healthy people across the market, helping to support affordable premiums for all. There is a nine month grace period, which expires on 30 April 2015, during...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Durkan for the invitation. I would like to visit Naas and intend to do so in the coming months. It is a case of trying to fit it into the diary between everything else I am asked to do in addition to my commitments in the Dáil and Seanad. It is a visit I intend to make whenever it can be scheduled. There are developments happening at the hospital. The phase 3C...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed) (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I do not necessarily want to make promises that I might not be able to deliver but, I suppose, reading between the lines what I am saying is that I acknowledge there is a serious problem with overcrowding in the emergency department in UHG, about which I want to do something. It is better than it was in 2011 but it is starting to get worse again. It is certainly worse than it was this time...

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): Hospital Accommodation Provision (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank Deputy Durkan for raising this issue and giving me an opportunity to outline the current position on this matter. As the House will know, I cannot comment on individual cases for reasons of privacy and confidentiality. Moreover, I do not have access to any individual's patient files or patient information, so I cannot speak authoritatively on any individual case. I appreciate that...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospitals Building Programme (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for again raising this issue and giving me an opportunity to outline to the House the current position. During a previous Topical Issue debate last October we both acknowledged the high level of activity at the emergency department in Galway, with approximately 66,000 annual attendances, making it one of the busiest emergency departments in the State. The HSE is working...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Civil Marriages Data (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Under Part 6 of the Civil Registration Act 2004, where a couple attend a registrar’s office and notify the registrar of their intention to marry they are required to pay a fee of €200. This fee was increased from €150 by way of Statutory Instrument 17/2013 which came into effect on 23 January 2013. The number of notifications received between 23 January 2013 and 3 March...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Research and experience in other countries has shown that health warnings combined with coloured photographs can be an effective means of discouraging smoking and informing people about the health risks related to smoking. The image referred to in the details supplied by the Deputy is one of 42 images provided to Member States by the European Commission. However, there is a new library of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Magdalen Laundries (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 171 to 177, inclusive, together. When the Redress for Women Who Were Resident in Certain Institutions Bill has completed its passage in the Oireachtas, the final provisions will be determined. The HSE is currently considering the practical arrangements to be put in place for access to health services for participants living in the State and abroad when the...