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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (27 Jan 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: Ambulance Service Provision (27 Jan 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: Home Help Service Provision (27 Jan 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: Hospital Appointment Status (27 Jan 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 would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (27 Jan 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: Hospital Services (27 Jan 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: Hospitals Data (27 Jan 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: Vaccination Programme (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 362 and 404 together. The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). The NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. NIAC has issued guidance in relation to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to extend my sincerest condolences to the family of Mr. Paige. However, as you can appreciate, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on an individual case. I have therefore, requested the HSE to issue a comprehensive response to this case.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (27 Jan 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 Appointments Administration (27 Jan 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 Appointments Administration (27 Jan 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 would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the particular query raised, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I would like to extend my sincerest condolences to the family of Mr. Paige. However, as you can appreciate, it would not be appropriate for me to comment on an individual case. I have therefore, requested the HSE to issue a comprehensive response to this case.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 377 and 378 together. 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: Nursing Staff Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: There are nearly 35,000 nurses currently employed in our health service. Each year approximately 1,500 nurses complete the nursing degree programme. This is the number seen as necessary to maintain nursing numbers at the level required to support service delivery. There was a requirement to reduce public service numbers and maximise savings in the public service from the time of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I am concerned regarding the implications for the health service and patient safety should the current impasse over the annual retention fee increase continue. I have therefore written last week to the President of the Board of NMBI and asking that options be explored to bring a resolution to issues surrounding the annual retention fee. I recognise that the Board must meet its obligations...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The Board is governed by the Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 and is a legal entity in its own right. Its accountability to the Minister for Health is set out in statute and in this regard the Minister may for example direct the Board to amend a statement of strategy submitted to him under section 18. Having regard to the relevant sections of the Act, there is a certain amount of accountability...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Provision (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Deputy for the question raised. As this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply within 15 days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pension Provisions (27 Jan 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: Health Services Expenditure (27 Jan 2015)

Leo Varadkar: The latest data available for health expenditure in OECD countries is for 2012 and is given in the table below. In 2012, Ireland’s total health expenditure on health was 8.9% of GDP and 10.9% of GNI. This compares with the OECD averages of 9.3% and 9.8% respectively. Comparable data for Ireland for the years 2008-2012 are also provided. Health Expenditure per capita and as a % of GDP...