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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (20 Nov 2014)

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 specific case raised, as this is a service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Nov 2014)

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 (20 Nov 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: Obesity Strategy (20 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Special Advisory Group on Obesity is developing a number of measures to tackle obesity. These measures include calorie posting, educational media campaigns on healthy eating and revision of the healthy eating guidelines which include carbohydrates and sugar. The issue of appropriate measures to promote healthy diet in line with the guidelines will be considered taking into account the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (20 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Department does not have a Data Protection office. However, the role of Data Controller in ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act lies with one member of staff within the ICT Unit.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Data (19 Nov 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: Hospital Charges (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Charges for long-stay in-patient services in specified settings, including hospitals, have been in place since 15 July 2005 and no changes were introduced with effect from 1 July 2014. Hospital in-patients with full eligibility are not subject to payment of any in-patient charges while in receipt of acute care. Long-stay charges only apply in a hospital context to in-patients, with full or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: A core objective of the National Drugs Strategy is to provide an appropriate and timely range of treatment and rehabilitation services, including drug-free and harm reduction approaches, tailored to meet the needs of the individual. Methadone maintenance treatment is a critical stabilising treatment that enables people to counter their problem drug use. According to the European...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Nov 2014)

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: Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy may be aware, the Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme commenced on 10th November 2014. Government has agreed that the Scheme will also include payments for the small number of women who have had a pubiotomy. The Scheme is designed to be simple, straightforward and non-adversarial, and aims to minimise the stress for the women concerned. Many are elderly and may not want to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Benefit Scheme Eligibility (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. I am advised by the HSE's Treatment Abroad Scheme Office that an application in respect of this patient has been received. 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. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Policy responsibility with regard to planning and the legislative framework in relation to the siting of wind turbines rests with the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government. My Department provides advice from time to time when requested by the above mentioned Department. At this time, my Department is not aware of any reliable or consistent evidence that wind turbines...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: 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. To date, NIAC has not made any recommendation in relation to the use of Meningitis B vaccine in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My role as Minister for Health primarily relates to policy decisions, legislation, implementing the programme for Government, securing an overall budget for the health service. The particular case referred to by the Deputy is an operational matter and it is appropriate that it should be dealt with by the HSE. However, I have been informed by the HSE that there are two investigations ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Properties (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 136 to 138, inclusive, together. As management of the HSE's property portfolio is a service matter, your question has been referred to the Executive for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office who will follow up on the matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (19 Nov 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 (19 Nov 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: Medical Records (19 Nov 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: Ministerial Transport (19 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed below. Ministerial transport costs paid in each year Minister / Minister of State 2010 2011 2012 2013 € € € € Minister James Reilly T.D. 0.00 76,637.76 118,267.69 128,069.48 Minister of State Kathleen Lynch T.D. 0.00 69,745.13 107,062.44 105,915.36 Minister of State Alex White T.D. 0.00 0.00 15,933.03...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 was formally notified to the Commission and to Member States under the EU Technical Standards Directive (98/34/EC) and the Tobacco Products Directive (2014/40/EU) on 17 June 2014. The Commission and Member States had until 18 September to comment or provide detailed opinions on the proposed measures. As the Deputy has noted,...