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Written Answers — Department of Health: Traveller Community (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to an individual's entitlement to publicly funded health care, eligibility for health services in Ireland is based primarily on residency and means. Determining whether a person is "ordinarily resident" is the responsibility of the Health Service Executive (HSE) and differs from the condition of "habitual residence" under the social welfare rules. Typically a person should be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him 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 Appointment Status (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the Deputy's further question in this matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him 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 Charges (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This 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 the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Symphysiotomy Issues (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 591, 639, 641, 649, 659 to 661, inclusive, and 721 together. In July this year the Government announced a comprehensive response to the long standing and sensitive issue of surgical symphysiotomy. The key response is the establishment of an ex-gratia payment scheme, which will cost around €34 million. In addition, there is a commitment to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive 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: Registration of Nurses (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 594, 600 and 822 together. A new Nurses and Midwives Act was passed into legislation in 2011. The Act provides, inter alia, for the protection of the public in its dealings with nurses and midwives and the enhancement of their high standards of professional education and competencies. The Department of Health is responsible for oversight of the governance...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital is a tertiary referral centre and receives referrals from all counties in Ireland for complex orthopaedic care, in addition to the provision of the national surgical bone tumour service. The Hospital has advised that it has experienced an unprecedented increase in demand for in-patient treatment throughout 2014. This is consistent with trends in other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly 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 Facilities (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly 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: Health Services Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have been informed by the HSE that the patient in question is currently under the care of Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester. It is possible for the patient in question to be listed for transplant in Ireland subject to being safely transferred to the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital. The Mater Misericordiae University Hospital has been in communication with the Wythenshawe Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Providers of Home Care services are monitored through Service Level Agreements with the HSE. They are required to provide a prescribed range of information in relation to the services they provide, and are supervised through regular local operational meetings and reviews of clients' care plans. The demand for home care services has increased in recent years. There is an obvious need to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him 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: Cancer Incidence (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The National Cancer Registry of Ireland (NCRI) publishes data on cancer incidence, treatment and survival in Ireland. This data can be accessed on the NCRI website (). Information on this site includes incidence of all invasive cancers in Ireland by county, 1994 - 2011. While survival figures are not available county-level, the survival data published by the NCRI shows the trend of ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 606 to 608, inclusive, and 611 together. The National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) has nine symptomatic breast cancer clinics operating in eight designated cancer centres, with a satellite unit in Letterkenny. When GPs refer women under the age of 50 who are deemed to be at high risk of breast cancer they are offered surveillance, as suggested in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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 Appointments Administration (4 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: Midwifery Services (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 612, 720 and 736 together. This matter is sub-judice and I am therefore restricted in the response I can give to your questions. I understand from the HSE that Ms Cannings' indemnity has been suspended temporarily due to specific and serious concerns expressed by other clinical staff about patient safety. Indemnity is not removed from a professional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (4 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.