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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (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 Services Funding (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: Hospital Services (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to acute care, the HSE National Integrated Care Guidance (2014) has been developed by the National Integrated Care Advisory Group under the auspices of the Quality and Patient Safety Division. The guidance is based on feedback received following extensive national and targeted consultation with service providers in both the acute and community healthcare settings, and on review of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (17 Sep 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: Abortion Legislation (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013 was enacted in July 2013 and commenced in January 2014. The purpose of this Act is to restate the general prohibition on abortion in Ireland while regulating access to lawful termination of pregnancy in accordance with the X case and the judgment in the European Court of Human Right in the A, B and C v Ireland case. The Act also creates...

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

Leo Varadkar: Article 40.3.3° of the Irish Constitution states that ‘The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.’ The interpretation of Article 40.3.3° was considered by the Supreme Court in Attorney...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Funding (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin is an acute paediatric hospital and is one of the three children’s hospitals that form the Children’s Hospital Group. It is responsible for providing tertiary care services for children all over Ireland. The hospital also serves a large urban catchment area to which it delivers primary and secondary care. The hospital...

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: HIV-AIDS Programmes (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: HIV is a in Ireland since September 2011 and is transmitted through contact with the blood, semen, vaginal fluid, or breast milk of a person infected with HIV. The most common way to get HIV is by having unprotected sex with a person who has HIV. Unprotected sex means not using a condom. Another common way to get HIV is by sharing drug injection equipment (such as needles and syringes)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: It was agreed that there are a number of questions that need to be considered when designing a public defibrillation programme for Ireland and Government approval was therefore granted for the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) to undertake a Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a Public Access Defibrillator Programme for Ireland. The Expert Advisory Group on Public Access...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Capital Programme (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: As with all capital projects the acute sector infrastructure programme must be considered within the overall capital envelope available to the health service. There will always be more projects than can be funded by the Exchequer. There is limited funding available for new projects over the next multi-annual period 2015-2019 given the level of commitments and the costs to completion already...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (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: Vaccine Damage Compensation Scheme (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The issues contained in the Report of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group are complex. They need to be considered in the wider context of how best to address the long term health and social needs of people who may have experienced adverse outcomes from all healthcare interventions.

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

Leo Varadkar: Bariatric services are provided in two public hospitals – St Vincent’s University Hospital in Dublin and Galway University Hospital. Bariatric surgery was originally provided by St. Columcille’s Hospital and, as part of the reconfiguration of hospital services, was transferred to St Vincent’s Hospital last year. Funding was agreed to ensure the continuity of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: The services referred to by the Deputy are being considered in the context of the annual Estimates process for the 2015 HSE National Service Plan.

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

Leo Varadkar: The matters mentioned by the Deputy are, among other things, a function of the availability of additional resources, which are examined in the context of the HSE National Service Plan as part of the annual Estimates process. As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for a direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (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: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 Sep 2014)

Leo Varadkar: In relation to the Deputy's further question in this matter, I had previously asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly in June. I have again reminded the HSE to respond to the request.