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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (14 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: Health Insurance Cover (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The maximum waiting periods for eligibility for payment under a health insurance contract are set out in the Health Insurance Act, 2001 (Open Enrolment) Regulations 2005 and vary by age, whether medical conditions existed before the contract commenced and where the level of cover is upgraded. Age on joining Illnesses that commence after joining Illnesses that commenced before joining...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Data (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As I have no direct role in this matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Indemnity Cover (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 173, 177 and 188 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Oct 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: Tobacco Control Measures (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the Deputy will be aware, the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2014 covers all tobacco products legally available for retail sale in Ireland. All tobacco products have been shown to negatively affect health and as such it was considered appropriate that all tobacco products should be treated equally under the Bill. The preamble to the World Health Organisation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Policy (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Health Service Executive has developed a national treatment and rehabilitation service which provides drug free and harm reduction approaches and is capable of dealing with all substances. In addition, Drug and Alcohol Task Forces play a key role in assessing the extent and nature of the drug problem in their areas and coordinating action at...

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

Leo Varadkar: The allocation of HSE accommodation for public use is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

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

Leo Varadkar: The HSE Internal Audit Division has undertaken an audit of the company concerned and it is currently finalising the audit report. The HSE discontinued funding to the company concerned in March 2014 because of its lack of confidence in the overall corporate governance of the organisation and its ability to manage public funding responsibly. The HSE continues to provide every Health...

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

Leo Varadkar: The agency the Deputy refers to received Section 39 funding of €200,000 (approximately) from the HSE in 2013. The verification and validation exercise carried out in respect of senior managers’remuneration was targeted at the larger Section 39 Agencies who received in excess of €5million in funding, therefore the agency was not included in the review exercise. Staff...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Planning (14 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: Hospitals Building Programme (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It is acknowledged that the infrastructure currently in place for the delivery of paediatric acute services in Dublin is inadequate, and that new facilities are required. The new children's hospital is therefore a priority in the Programme for Government. Services which are currently provided at three locations in Dublin will be brought together in the new hospital, which will be co-located...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Oct 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 Services (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Disposal of hospital waste is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Midwifery Services (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter this has been referred to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As I have no direct role in the matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. A priority of the BreastCheck Programme at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort. It is my intention to extend the upper age range to include the 65-69 age cohort as soon as possible in line with available resources.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (14 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: There have been 494 appointments to Boards under the aegis of the Department of Health since March 2011 to date. Of these, 159 appointments have been made on the nomination of bodies specified in legislation. The Minister for Health has no function in these nominations other than the actual appointments. 335 appointments have been made where the Minister for Health has nominating rights,...

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

Leo Varadkar: The ingredients contained in cigarettes are reported to the Health Service Executive's National Tobacco Control Office on an annual basis in accordance with the obligations set out as follows. Under current Irish legislation the yields of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes are regulated as set out in SI No 425/2003 European Communities (Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 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.