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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Admissions (16 Oct 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.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (16 Oct 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: Health Services Expenditure (16 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I have referred the Deputy's question to the HSE for direct reply.

Financial Resolutions 2015 - Financial Resolution No. 3: General (Resumed) (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for the opportunity to address the House on the budget and 2015 health Estimates. For the past seven years we have come into the Dáil on this day to debate the latest round of tax increases, pay cuts and cuts to public services. Today is very different. We have, for the first time since 2008, a budget that contains income tax reductions and more money for...

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is true, though.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Fianna Fáil only made provision for an additional €10 million in its pre-budget submission.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is true.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Deputy Keaveney should read his party's pre-budget submission.

Order of Business (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: According to the its document, Fianna Fáil would spend €50 million less on health.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Anaphylaxis may arise from a wide variety of causes, including insect stings, food allergies and reaction to certain medications. It affects individuals in many different ways. General Practitioners are in the best position to offer advice to sufferers and, where necessary, to refer them to hospital consultants, to advise on the use of adrenaline pens or other appropriate precautionary...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Diseases Epidemic (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: On 8 August 2014, WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to be a Public Health Emergency of International Concern (PHEIC) because: - the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an ‘extraordinary event’ and a public health risk to other States; - the possible consequences of further international spread are particularly serious in view of the virulence of the virus,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Remuneration (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Performance-related pay has not been paid to any staff in my Department for the years in question.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This matter is sub-judice and I am therefore restricted in the response I can give to your question. My role as Minister for health primarily relates to national policy decisions, legislation, implementing the programme for government and securing an overall budget for health and accounting for it to the Oireachtas. I am in no way personally involved in decisions about individual patients,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 81 and 87 together. Following engagement between the HSE and representative unions on a Labour Court recommendation concerning home helps in 2013 new contracts were issued to home helps working for the HSE with effect from 1st April 2014. These contracts provide each home help with a set number of hours and guaranteed income per week. These new contracts...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Under Section 22 of the Health Act 2004, the HSE has the authority to appoint persons to be its employees and may determine their duties. This includes the appointment of persons to posts within the psychology service. With regard to the recruitment of psychologists, in the context of significant organisational change and re-alignment, it is the Executive's intention to review the selection...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 84 and 88 together. As the issues raised by the Deputy are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to her directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Registration of Nurses (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 154, 160 and 165 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: Obesity Strategy (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I wish to thank the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland for their policy statement and for the important contribution they have made in tackling the obesity challenge. Tackling overweight and obesity remains a public health priority for my Department. It is recognised that alone no single initiativewill reverse the growing obesity trend, but a combination of measures should make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am advised by the Health Research Board (the health research agency of my Department) that it funded a project on Vertigo (related to vestibular rehabilitation) in the Royal College of Surgeons in 2010. I am also advised that it has not received any other applications for funding on this topic since the establishment of its database in 2000. Health research projects in Ireland,...