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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Health, I have overall responsibility for the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The Oversight Forum on Drugs (OFD) which I chair, is responsible for the high-level monitoring of progress being achieved across the Strategy and meets on a quarterly basis. The OFD met on four occasions in 2014 in January, May, July and October. I chaired the October meeting of the OFD,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Environmental Health Issues (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I have been advised by the HSE that their Environmental Health Services main involvement with pest control is in dealing with complaints from members of the public and advising on remedial measures to be taken to protect public health. The responsibility for keeping land or property rodent free under the Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919 lies with the owner or the occupier of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office who will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016 is a cross cutting area of public policy and service delivery. It is based on a co-ordinated approach across many Government Departments and Agencies in conjunction with the Community and Voluntary sectors and I intend that this approach will continue. Periodic reviews of progress across the five pillars of the Strategy are carried out through the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. 2010 Expenditure €m 2011 Expenditure €m 2012 Expenditure €m 2013 Expenditure €m 2014 Expenditure €m 105,400 92,878 90,752 90,392 114,777 The decrease in expenditure in 2011 compared to 2010 arose due to savings, which were achieved as a result of the public service pay...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: In line with the National Drugs Strategy, my Department administers a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. The budget allocation for the twenty four Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for each of the years referred to by the Deputy is set out in the following table. LDATFs 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (24 Feb 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 Appointment Status (24 Feb 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: Health Services Funding (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Funding for this group is a matter for the HSE. I understand that a mechanism has now been agreed to address the funding shortfall experienced by the group in 2014 and that the terms of the 2015 Grant Aid Agreement are also agreed. The HSE is awaiting a business case from the group for development funding. It is also open to the group to submit an application to the National Lottery in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (24 Feb 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: Patient Data (24 Feb 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 Consultants Recruitment (24 Feb 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: HIQA Investigations (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The functions of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA), which was established by the Health Act 2007, do not include a statutory complaints function with regard to the delivery of health and social services. While HIQA does not have the power to investigate individual complaints, it does review all information or concerns about services it receives and directs people to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: 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 within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Agency Staff Expenditure (24 Feb 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: HSE Staff Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The gross provision for the Health Vote in 2015 is €12.677bn, comprising €12.295bn current and €382m capital expenditure. Following restatement on a like-for-like basis consistent with the new Vote structure, the Exchequer funding provided in 2015 represents an increase of €564m on the original 2014 provision. In addition to the Exchequer funding, increased...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform sanctioned the recently agreed salaries on the basis that all related expenditure will be met from within existing resources. The process that led to the revised arrangements commenced at the LRC last summer with the LRC publishing its initial proposals in September 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (24 Feb 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: HSE Reports (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The employment and other related issues raised are primarily a matter for the HSE. However, given the nature of the details provided my Department sought a report from the HSE. The HSE has advised that the person's complaints are detailed and complex and require a comprehensive review by an independent party to the HSE with a view to categorisation and classification of the complaints...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (24 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Department of Health Consolidated Salary Scales, as sanctioned by the Minister for Health, set out the salaries for public health service staff. These salary scales must be strictly adhered to and in no circumstances should an employee receive remuneration in the nature of pay and allowances of an amount greater than the amount prescribed. In the first instance, sessional rates were...