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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to the Deputy 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: Tobacco Control Measures (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The specific issues raised by the deputy are a matter for the HSE. 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. At present under the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts smoking is prohibited within indoor workplaces and in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (11 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 (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: Alcohol Sales Legislation (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 407 and 408 together. Addressing the price of alcohol is an important component of any long-term strategic approach to tackling alcohol misuse. There is a link between consumption and harm and evidence that affordability is one of the drivers of increased consumption. The Government has approved an extensive package of measures to deal with alcohol misuse,...

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 409 and 410 together. In September 2013, the HSE developed Guidelines and Procedures for the National Waiting List for Treatment of Opiate Addiction. The purpose of these guidelines and procedures is to provide a standardised methodology for the collection and recording of data on the national waiting list for treatment of opiate addiction. The HSE has...

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

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy is aware, my Department has commenced work on the development of the National Drugs Strategy in order to meet new emerging trends and patterns in problem drug use. The overall approach to the development of the new Strategy will be considered at the next meeting of the Oversight Forum on Drugs in January 2015. Progress in relation to the implementation and roll-out of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Surgical Symphysiotomy Payment Scheme (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Government based its assessment of symphysiotomy on the research report by Professor Oonagh Walsh “Report on Symphysiotomy in Ireland, 1944-1984” and Judge Yvonne Murphy’s “Independent Review of Issues relating to Symphysiotomy”. In her report Prof Walsh refers to the publication by Ms Marie O'Connor, Bodily Harm: Symphysiotomy and Pubiotomy in Ireland 1944...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (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: Obesity Strategy (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 423 and 431 together. The Special Action Group on Obesity has been established, comprising representatives from the Department of Health, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, the Department of Education and Skills, the Food Safety Authority of Ireland and safefood to examine and progress a number of issues to address the problem of obesity, in both...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As of 5 November 2014, the cumulative number of cases attributed to Ebola stands at 13,042, including 4,818 deaths. The European Centres for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), in its latest risk assessment has concluded that the risk of a case in the EU is considered to be low; however the increase in cases in the affected countries means that the risk of a case being imported into...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: According to the HSE's most recently published data, the total number of patients on in-patient and day case waiting lists at the end of August 2014 was 53,431. This is an increase of 3,736 or 7.5% on August 2013. In August 2014 the number of patients waiting in excess of 12 months for an outpatient appointment has decreased from 84,167 to 41,604; a reduction of 51% when comparing the...

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 426 and 428 together. Given the budgetary position it was essential that the numbers employed across the public service be reduced in recent years in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. However, given the need to ensure delivery of essential services, arrangements have been in place in the HSE to allow the recruitment of staff where it has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Data (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: Health Services (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Since my appointment as Minister for Health I have said, on more than one occasion that my first priority was to achieve a realistic budget for the health service. I believe that was achieved in Budget 2015, with an increase in the exchequer allocation of €305 million. When taken together with once-off increased projected revenues of some €330 million and savings and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Administration (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I understand the Deputy is referring to the Keane report - The Report of the Expert Panel on Medical Need for Medical Card Eligibility. Eligibility for health services in Ireland, as set out in the Health Act 1970 as amended, is based primarily on ordinary residence and means. All people ordinarily resident in the State are eligible for publicly-funded hospital services. In addition, about...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE and the Department of Education and Skills continue to provide a range of services and supports to individuals diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination regardless of age, on an ex-gratia basis. These services and supports which are co-ordinated by the HSE National Advocacy Unit are intended to provide that individuals receive tailored assistance to address their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (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: Departmental Funding (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department does not provide funding under section 39 of the Health Act 2004. The Health Service Executive (HSE) funds a range of service providers under section 39 of the Health Act 2004 and the question has been referred to the HSE 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport Expenditure (11 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter it 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.