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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of the correspondence referenced by the Deputy. I am also aware that a business case, prepared by University Hospital Waterford, for the development of a second catheterisation lab and a 24 hour emergency PCI service, is under consideration within the South West Hospital Group. As for any complex acute hospital service, a key criterion for deciding whether a 24 hour PCI...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Methadone maintenance treatment is a critical stabilising treatment that enables the people involved to counter their drug problem use and to rebuild their lives. 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. However, different people in various circumstances may...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Health I believe that every individual who uses our health services is entitled to expect and receive care of the highest standard and to be treated in an atmosphere of safety and care. This is true for all age groups but particularly important for the vulnerable elderly whose families have entrusted them to the care of professional staff. Person-centred care and support...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. In relation to the detailed queries raised by the Deputy, 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (5 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 with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I introduced a policy for the Reimbursement of Expenses of Living Kidney Donors with effect from 12 November 2014. The policy provides for the reimbursement of accommodation and travel expenses incurred by living kidney donors up to a maximum of €6,000. Any loss of earnings incurred by the donor for up to 12 weeks after the donation takes place will also be eligible for reimbursement,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (5 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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS) as provided for in EU Regulations and Department of Health Guidelines, does not include a provision for travel and subsistence expenses for patients or their relatives travelling abroad to avail of approved treatments. However the HSE, subject to available funding, under the Treatment Abroad Scheme Travel Policy, may provide assistance towards reasonable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Methadone maintenance treatment is a critical stabilising treatment that enables the people involved to counter their drug problem use and to rebuild their lives. The latest figures from the Central Treatment List at the end of January 2015 indicate that over 9,900 clients were receiving methadone maintenance treatment, of which 14 people were in the age range 16 to 19. In relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE has noted a recent increase in referrals to the Methadone Treatment Clinic in Galway, but has not seen any evidence of an increase in heroin use among young people. The HSE has approved additional clinic hours to cater for the increase in client numbers. Over €500,000 has been allocated by the HSE this year to the Jigsaw programme in the Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has advised that there is no investigation being carried out under the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (5 Mar 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As I mentioned in my previous response, the scheduling of appointments for individual patients is a matter for the hospital to which the patient has been referred taking into account his or her clinical need. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (5 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 with them.