Results 28,081-28,100 of 40,330 for speaker:Leo Varadkar

Written Answers — Department of Health: Open Disclosures Policy (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The principal rationale for the introduction of a policy of open disclosure is not to save money, but to ensure that there is more open and patient-centred care for patients. It is not possible at this stage to indicate what savings in legal costs may have occurred. Evidence of a reduction in litigation costs will only be evident after a longer period of time has elapsed, given the time...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Records (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As published in the Estimates for Public Services 2015, the budget for the Drugs Initiative of my Department will remain at the same level in 2015 as 2014 at a total of €7.381m.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Appointments (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As Minister for Health, I have overall responsibility for the implementation of the National Drugs Strategy 2009-2016. The overall strategic objective for the National Drugs Strategy is to continue to tackle the harm caused to individuals and society by the misuse of drugs through a concerted focus on the five pillars of supply, reduction, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and research....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Counselling Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 370 and 377 together. I hope to bring counsellors and psychotherapists within the ambit of the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 next year. The first stage in the designation process, involving a detailed consultation with the Health and Social Care Professionals Council, is now underway. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Remuneration (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Under the Haddington Road Agreement, nurses and midwives participating in the Graduate Nurse Programme are paid 85% of the first point of the Staff Nurse/Midwifery Scale in the first year, €23,129, and 90% in the second year, €24,490. Slightly higher scales apply for Mental Health Nurses, €23,667 in the first year and €25,059 in the second year, maintaining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am always happy to acknowledge the tremendous work being done by staff in the Rotunda Hospital, and indeed all healthcare staff, and I recognise that resource pressures in recent years have impacted on staff throughout the health service. I am aware too of the difficulties with the infrastructure at the Rotunda but as the Deputy will be aware, it is intended to relocate the hospital. The...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I assume that the Deputy is referring to the additional hours required under the Haddington Road Agreement. This Agreement is due to run for 3 years from July 2013 and there are no plans to amend the Agreement at this time. The Agreement allows for significant productivity increases to meet demands particularly on front line services.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (11 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 Waiting Lists (11 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: Hospital Procedures (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Review of Measures to Reduce Costs in the Private Health Insurance Market Phase 1 report was published in December 2013, and the Phase 2 report was published recently. I welcome both reports and will address each of the recommendations systematically. Last week I announced a package of measures to address rising private health insurance premiums which are closely aligned to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (11 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. As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 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 they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: An Garda Síochána is the lead agency with regard to Action 38 of the National Drugs Strategy 2009 – 2016. The Garda National Drugs Unit, with the assistance of the Health Service Executive and a representative from a Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Force, has developed a ‘Pathways to Support Programme’ framework incorporating a treatment referral option for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drugs Strategy Implementation (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 399 and 400 together. The HSE is the lead agency with responsibility for the development of a national integrated treatment and rehabilitation service in line with Action 32 of the National Drugs Strategy. Over the course of the current Strategy, the focus of the national addiction services has been broadened to provide a comprehensive substance treatment...