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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Data (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Insurance Authority (HIA) provides my Department with Information Returns on a twice-yearly basis, which includes the total number insured with in-patient health insurance plans and a membership breakdown by each age category. The Authority also publishes relevant market statistics on its website www.hia.ie. The most recent data available with a breakdown by age category is for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy will understand that it would be inappropriate to provide medical notes to anyone other than next of kin. My officials will raise the matter with the HSE and request that they engage directly with the family. Matters in relation to the functions of the Coroners Service, including reports arising therefrom are a matter for the Department of Justice and Equality.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Feb 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: National Postcode System Expenditure (17 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department does not anticipate significant costs associated with converting to using Eircode because it does not have large client databases or systems. I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I apologise for being late. I was in Strasbourg at the European Parliament and my flight connection was late. I hasten to add that while the flight was late; I was not. I was perfectly on time, but these things happen sometimes and ministerial air transport is not as available as it was in the past. I had to get a later flight. Thanks to modern technology, I have been able to tune in on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I can move.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Not that I am aware of, Jerry. I do lose time from time to time, so maybe I have had a pacemaker put in. It is Jerry and the pacemakers. Alcohol, obesity, smoking and inactivity contribute to a significant number of problems in our emergency departments and I am very keen to start doing things in that space. I know members are engaged in pre-legislative scrutiny of the public health...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Quarterly Update on Health Issues: Discussion (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I ask the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, to respond to the question on the fair deal scheme, and the HSE will deal with the question about recruitment in Beaumont. I listened to Mr. Breslin's answer to the question about universal health insurance on my trusty iPhone. That is the position. We are pressing ahead with the first concrete step, which is to provide free GP care for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (12 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 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 (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. If an organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures along with the application form will be available shortly on the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Remuneration (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Significant steps have been taken to make savings from hospital consultants pay in recent years. The salary scales for new entrant consultants' were reduced by 10% with effect from 1st January 2011. A further reduction of 30% was applied to these scales for those interviewed for posts on or after 1st October 2012. In addition, on 1st July 2013 consultants' pay was reduced in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 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 Expenditure (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: Total health expenditure for each of the last 5 years, by both public and private, are detailed in the following table. Figures are presented in millions of Euro. Estimates of private health expenditure are compiled by the Central Statistics Office and include health expenditure by private insurance and out-of-pocket payments by households. Table: Total Health Expenditure in Ireland,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I, along with the Chief Nursing Officer met with the President, Vice-President and Chief Executive of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland on the 29th January 2015 to discuss the current dispute over the registration fee. I again requested that the Board of NMBI re-engage in discussions with the staff associations, as a matter of urgency. I expressed my concern regarding the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services Provision (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department flies the National and EU flags in accordance with the Protocol set by the Department of the Taoiseach. My Department will consider this request in accordance with this Protocol.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2002 as amended, prohibits smoking in the workplace which includes indoor areas in schools. Currently there is no legislative basis for prohibiting smoking on school grounds. In practice, however, many schools have adopted no smoking policies on school grounds. Tobacco Free Ireland,the national tobacco policy, contains the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (12 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Funding (12 Feb 2015)

Leo Varadkar: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. My Department has no record of receiving an application for lottery funding for this particular project in 2014. I have ask the Health Service Executive to check if it received such an application and to...