Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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168. To ask the Minister for Health in relation to a request from the Health Service Executive (HSE) in which national approval is being sought for the establishment of a panel of nursing staff to be employed on a permanent basis by the HSE to provide homecare nursing services to children with complex medical conditions, if he will provide details of the recruitment process which will be employed; if he will state if it is intended that following the panel's establishment only staff who will reside on the panel may be deemed eligible for recruitment to future permanent posts involving care provision for such children; if he will provide an expected timeframe as to when such a panel will be formally established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33705/15]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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I have asked the HSE to respond to the Deputy directly on the matter. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days, please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.

Pearse Doherty (Donegal South West, Sinn Fein)
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169. To ask the Minister for Health regarding current inadequacies in homecare nursing for a person (details supplied) in County Donegal, due to the failure of the responsible private homecare agency to source adequate nursing staff; if he will provide details of the plans to recruit permanent staff to a nursing panel, which it is proposed will be responsible for providing homecare to this person; if personnel currently charged with providing homecare nursing to this person may be eligible to apply for positions on this panel, considering the advantage which this would have for continuity of care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33706/15]

Kathleen Lynch (Cork North Central, Labour)
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As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and they will follow up the matter with them.