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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the detailed 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 (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the Deputy's further question in relation to this patient, I have again asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Appointments to State Boards (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The nomination and appointment process for boards of bodies under the aegis of the Department of Health is set out in legislation. In line with Government Decision S180/20/10/1424 of 2011, relating to the advertising for expressions of interest in vacancies on State Boards, my Department currently advertises for board vacancies as they arise, where I, as Minister for Health, have nominating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: State Bodies Funding (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The published estimate and the outturn for the Health Information and Quality Authority for the past 5 years is as follows: - Published Estimate (€m) Out-turn (€m) 2009 13.571 11.10 2010 14.757 9.50 2011 11.700 8.80 2012 13.000 9.00 2013 12.740 10.00 While sufficient financial resources have been made available to HIQA to perform its regulatory and monitoring...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Investigations (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: My Department has been informed by the Health Information and Quality Authority that it has not carried out an investigation of the Emergency Department at Beaumont Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The GP plays a central role in the health service and, in most cases, he/she is the first medical practitioner whose advice a patient seeks. The majority of GPs in Ireland are private contractors who provide services to the public health system under the General Medical Services (GMS) Scheme. As of 30 April 2014, 2,416 GPs were contracted to provide services under the GMS Scheme. GP...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE is continuing to experience a significant increase in demand for its services which is reflected in an upward trend reported in waiting lists for July 2014. The success of the outpatient initiative run by the HSE at the end of 2013 and further validation work in 2014 resulted in facilitation of 33,000 additional outpatient appointments in 2013 and an additional 55,883 outpatient...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Drug Treatment Programmes Funding (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In line with the National Drugs Strategy, the Government is committed to continuing support for initiatives to tackle the drug problem. Funding in 2015 for community drugs initiatives will be determined in the context of the Estimates process, taking into account the need to protect front line service provision as far as possible. In line with previous years, funding will be focused on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 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: Ambulance Service Report (2 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: HSE Records (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Issues relating to the National Archives Act, 1986 are a matter for the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. The Health Service Executive is not a scheduled body under this Act and no application has been made to include the Health Service Executive in the schedule. The maintenance and preservation of its own records is a matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 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: Drug and Alcohol Task Forces (2 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The membership of the Oversight Forum on Drugs which I chair, includes representatives of the networks of the chairs of the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. Both the chairs and the coordinators of the Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces are represented on the National Coordinating Committee for Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. These arrangements ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The question raised by the Deputy is a matter for the HSE and I have requested that they respond directly to you.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Legal Cases (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The query raised by the Deputy is a matter for the HSE. Accordingly, I have asked the HSE to collate this information and respond directly to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the detailed 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 Strategies (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I am aware of the recently published Irish Heart Foundation report Towards Earlier Discharge, Better Outcomes, Lower Cost: Stroke Rehabilitation in Ireland. The implementation of any recommendations of that Report are within the remit of the HSE, who will respond further to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The amount allocated to my Department's Vote and the outturn by subhead for the years 2011, 2012 and 2013 are published by the Comptroller and Auditor General in the Appropriation Account for the Vote each year. These Appropriation Accounts are available on the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General's website. The table below sets out the amount allocated by subhead for 2014 for my...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Local Drugs Task Forces Funding (1 Oct 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In furtherance of the National Drugs Strategy, my Department administers a Drugs Initiative which primarily funds community based drugs initiatives supported by Local and Regional Drug and Alcohol Task Forces. The budget allocation for the fourteen Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces for each of the years referred to by the Deputy is set out in the table. Task Force 2011 2012 2013...