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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the issues raised by the Deputy are service matters, the question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. 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: Cause of Death Statistics (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Information on cause of death is not routinely collected by my Department. However, the data in the following table has been provided by the Central Statistics Office. The number of deaths with an underlying cause of death of choking over the last five years relating to adults and children is set out in the table. The Deputy should note that the number of deaths refer to those due to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Statistics (18 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: Departmental Staff Rehiring (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy in respect of retired civil and public servants who are currently employed in my Department on a fixed term contract basis is detailed in the following table. GRADE NUMBER NATURE OF APPOINTMENT Civilian Driver 2 Ministerial Appointment

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

Leo Varadkar: 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: Legislative Measures (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The proposed amendment to the Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014 to which the deputy refers was declared lost at the Bill's committee stage in Seanad Éireann on 12th November 2014. The Bill was subsequently passed by Seanad Éireann on the same date having been passed by Dáil Éireann on 4th November 2014.

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

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive is required to obtain value for money when disposing of surplus property assets. As management of the health care property estate 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: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Methadone was introduced in Ireland during the 1970s as a standardised therapeutic approach for the treatment of those dependent on opiates and synthetic opiates. As responsibility for the provision of methadone maintenance treatment rests with the Health Service Executive, I have referred the Deputy's query to the HSE for direct reply. If the Deputy has not received a reply from the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this 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: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine the matter of this individual's medical card 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. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised, 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 Food (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. 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 Closures (18 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: HSE Staffing (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Government decision to reduce the numbers employed across the public service in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets has been implemented across the health sector in all areas. Management and administrative grades have seen a reduction in numbers of almost 17% since year end 2007, with employment levels falling from just over 18,000 in December 2007 to just under 15,000 at end...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: All Government Departments and agencies, including the HSE, that are funded from the Exchequer must comply with EU Directives and national guidelines on procurement. As the procurement of goods and services is a service matter, your question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Continuous professional development and lifelong learning for all health professionals is important for the effective functioning of the health service. It is key to maximising patient outcomes. Continuous professional development is a vital component in building and maintaining professional competence and fitness to practice. With regard to doctors, Part 11 of the Medical Practitioners...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The policy of the HSE is clear. All hospital managers are expected to efficiently manage waiting lists in chronological order, except where clinical need dictates that a patient needs to be prioritised. Performance against waiting list targets is monitored by the HSE on a monthly basis, with the assistance of the National Treatment Purchase Fund and the Special Delivery Unit. Figures are...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Operations (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on this 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 (18 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 (18 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Health Act 1970 (as amended) provides that all persons ordinarily resident in the country are entitled, subject to certain charges, to all in-patient public hospital services in public wards including consultant services and out-patient pubic hospital services including consultants services. Section 55 provides that the HSE may provide private in-patient services to persons who are not...