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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy's question appears to relate to top-up payments in Section 38 agencies, I have asked the HSE to respond 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: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has received an application for funding from the 2014 National Lottery allocation from the organisation in question. This is one of a large number of applications currently being assessed by my Department. The organisation will be informed of the outcome of the application as soon as a decision has been made.

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 Services (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: Rare Diseases (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 633 and 634 together. Last July, my department published a national plan for rare diseases. This was published in the context of an estimate that there are between 5,000 and 8,000 rare diseases whose specificities are a limited number of patients and a scarcity of relevant knowledge and expertise. In general, the prospect of initiating a screening...

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

Leo Varadkar: This Government is committed to improving our ambulance service and its performance. The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is modernising and reconfiguring its services, to ensure emergency pre-hospital care is delivered in an appropriate and timely manner. A significant reform programme is underway, which will provide a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by...

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

Leo Varadkar: My Department sought information on the matter outlined by the Deputy. Our Lady's Children's Hospital, Crumlin, has acknowledged there were communications issues in relation to this case, and I understand that senior management at the hospital have met with the parents to hear their experience and complaint, and are working to support them during the discharge process. The hospital is also...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (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. In relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy, as this is...

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

Leo Varadkar: Neither I, nor officials from the Department, have met the individual or company in question.

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

Leo Varadkar: As this 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: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: HIQA has advised my Department that the review is nearing completion. I look forward to receiving the report, the findings of which will, I hope, inform the ongoing development and improvement of the National Ambulance Service.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (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. In relation to the specific case raised by the Deputy, as this is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 1408/71, as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations 574/72, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Patients, in conjunction with their Irish based public referring hospital consultant, have the ability to apply to the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Addiction Treatment Facilities (4 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.

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

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 674 and 756 together. The National Public Health Emergency Team is the forum for coordinating the response between the Department of Health and the Health Service Executive during the planning and response phases of a public health emergency. It has met four times in recent weeks to coordinate preparedness in the Irish health services and meets regularly to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Recruitment (4 Nov 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Any opportunities for employment that arise within the HSE are published on the jobs page on the HSE’s own website ().Since 2009, all public health sector recruitment has been centralised to the HSE National Recruitment Service (NRS) in Manorhamilton, Co. Leitrim and Merchant's Quay, Dublin 8. The NRS can be contacted by email at . The Equality Authority does not fall under the aegis...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (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: Treatment Abroad Scheme (4 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. 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.