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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 836 and 838 together. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The information requested by the Deputy is detailed as follows. No. of new staff employed 1 July 2013 to 31 December 2013 Annual cost arising Special Advisor €81,676 Chief Nursing Officer €124,917 Ministerial Driver x 2 €65,930 Expected no. of staff to be employed in 2014 Expected annual cost arising Personal Secretary x 2 €68,390 Personal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 844 and 892 together. The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets and introduced a moratorium on recruitment in the Public Service in March 2009. The health sector must make its contribution to that reduction. In order to mitigate the impact on frontline...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Sep 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: Hepatitis C Incidence (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: I propose to take Questions Nos. 850, 891, 919 and 925 together. The National Hepatitis C Strategy 2011-2014, which was developed by the Health Service Executive, was published on 4 September 2012. The Strategy provides a framework for a coordinated and integrated response to Hepatitis C in Ireland. The National Hepatitis C Strategy Implementation Committee was established by the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (17 Sep 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: Health Services Charges (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: This question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: There is a range of statutory charges applying to persons using the public health service. Medical card holders are required to pay a €2.50 charge (per item) for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €25 per month for each person or family. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 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 Services Provision (17 Sep 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 Services Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (17 Sep 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: Water Charges Exemptions (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Water charges are the responsibility of the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government. My Department has and will provide any advice sought by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government on the issue of providing safe clean water to our population including those with increased water usage associated with their medical conditions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Deputy's question relates to service delivery matters and accordingly I have asked the HSE to respond directly to him.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Similar to other non-life insurance contracts, health insurance contracts generally have a duration of twelve months. I understand that current market practice for the health insurers is to apply a cancellation charge equal to the stamp duty levy to customers who cancel policies or opt to change provider mid-contract. An administration fee may also be charged. It is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The HSE's National Screening Service does not recommend prostate cancer screening for asymptomatic men. Also, international evidence does not support the introduction of a population based screening programme for prostate cancer. I do not propose to introduce such a programme at this time.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 Sep 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: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As the issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter the question was forwarded to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The percentage of private patients that can be seen by a consultant in a public hospital depends on the type of consultant contract held. Type A contract holders have no access to private practice. For those consultants with access to private practice within public hospitals, the volume of private practice may not exceed 20% of the Consultants clinical workload in any of his or her clinical...