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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is continuing to modernise and reconfigure its services to ensure that emergency pre-hospital care is delivered in an appropriate and timely manner. A significant reform programme is currently underway which will provide a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology. Additional funding of €5.4m has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (18 Dec 2014)

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 (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Ireland operates a bilateral healthcare reimbursement agreement with the United Kingdom in respect of health services provided under EU Regulations. This agreement covers such persons as temporary visitors between the two countries, pensioners of one country and their dependants residing in the other country, and dependant families of persons employed in the other country. The United...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Western Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force (WRDATF) was set up in 2003. The Task Force supports the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy in the context of local needs through delivering on the objectives of its current regional strategy'The Way Forward'. A total of €136,994 has been allocated from the Drugs Initiative Fund of my Department to community drugs...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. 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: Departmental Staff Career Breaks (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed below. Length of time on Career Break Number of people 0-6 months 1 6-12 months 0 1-2 years 2 2-3 years 0 4-5 years 1 5+ years 0

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is the policy of my Department to keep costs in relation to the use of photographers to a minimum. Photographers are normally booked through the Department's Press Office. The total of such expenditure since my appointment as Minister for Health is €308 in respect of the Department's Stakeholder Consultation in September. The photographer used was Mr. Conor McCabe. From time to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Relations Contracts Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 414 and 433 together. Between March 2011 and July 2014, the Department did not spend any money on PR or communications consultants. The Department does not generally use their services. The Press and Communications Office in the Department liaises with the media on my behalf, the Minister of State and the Department. I will revert to the Deputy with details...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 415 and 416 together. My Department operates a shared ICT service which, in addition to supporting the business of the Department of Health also provides IT support for the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and the Adoption Authority of Ireland and the Ombudsman for Children. While my Department does engage external contractors for specific services,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of the Department of Health is set out in legislation. In line with the most recent Government Decision S180/20/10/1617 of 2014, relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department in conjunction with the new Public Appointments Service website portal, Stateboards.ie,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (18 Dec 2014)

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: Ambulance Service Provision (18 Dec 2014)

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 (18 Dec 2014)

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: Freedom of Information Requests (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table. 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Received* 214 192 169 340 239 223 Granted 54 71 44 67 54 34 Part-Granted 53 38 68 171 93 81 Refused 43 29 12 55 32 32 Internally Reviewed 11 8 5 8 10 3 Affirmed 3 5 2 5 6 1 Varied 7 2 1 1 3 2 Annulled 1 1 2 2 1 0 Appealed to the Office of the Information Commissioner 5 1 2 4 2** 0 Affirmed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Consultancy Contracts Data (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Information for the period March 2011 to 4 November 2014 is in the table. Please contact me if any further detail is required. Year Organisation/ Consultants Name of External Report Current status of the Report Amount/ Cost € 2014 Insights Health & Social Research Evaluation of Childrens Outreach Services (Palliative Care Programme) Evaluation underway. 40,000 2014 Dr...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: VHI submitted its application to the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI) on 16 May 2014 and it is at the latter stages of assessment by the CBI. VHI continues to engage closely with the Bank, and my Department has also provided a number of clarifications to the Bank to assist them in their understanding of the private health insurance market. Consideration of the VHI's application for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Allowances (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The table provides details of expenditure by my Department on staff subsistence and staff taxi payments in respect of travel in Ireland and abroad from 2011 to date in 2014. Year Subsistence Taxi €0 €0 2011 75 17 2012 138 22 2013 148 30 2014 to date 92 18 All travel and subsistence payments are made in accordance with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Legal Costs (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The amount paid by my Department in respect of legal advice in each of the years 2011, 2013, 2013 and estimated for 2014 is €0.097m, €0.121m, €0.034m and €0.104m respectively. The amount paid by my Department in respect of third party legal costs and settlements in each of the years 2011, 2013, 2013 and estimated for 2014 is €15.357m, €9.287m,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE National Service Plan (18 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE's NSP 2015 includes details of all infrastructure projects, including those for the Dublin northside area, at Appendix 4 pages 77 to 81 inclusive. Only the primary care centres to be delivered by means of the operational lease mechanism are funded from the current Exchequer funding (for example the Navan Road PCC). All other projects are funded from the capital stream.

Topical Issue Debate (Resumed): National Cancer Strategy Implementation (17 Dec 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Deputy for raising this important matter and welcome the opportunity to speak about mammography services at Sligo Regional Hospital. The Saolta University Health Care Group has decided that patients in the west-north west region who are recovering from breast cancer treatment will continue to attend University Hospital Galway for follow-up surveillance mammography services....