Written Answers Nos. 195-205
195. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will have an operation; to which hospital and to whose care has this person been referred ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21522/16]
View answerAs the specific issues raised are a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
196. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health if he will publish guidelines on the integration of complementary and traditional medicine in the health care services. [21542/16]
View answerI have no plans to publish guidelines on the integration of complementary and traditional medicines.
The Deputy may be interested to note that under medicines legislation a medicine must be authorised either nationally by the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) or centrally by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) before being placed on the market. Traditional herbal medicines must also be approved before being made available for sale. The Registration Scheme for manufacturers of traditional herbal medicines is operated by the HPRA.
197. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Health the status of the delivery of an interim sarcoma specialist pending a full-time replacement in three months as agreed with families and patients at his meeting on 6 July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21545/16]
View answerI met with members of the Sarcoma Action Group last Wednesday and discussed sarcoma services with them.
The recruitment of a consultant medical oncologist with a special interest in sarcoma, based in St. Vincent’s University Hospital, will be prioritised to facilitate further development of the service there. The Director General of the HSE has directed that work on the open recruitment process is to begin immediately.
Meanwhile, arrangements are currently being finalised to facilitate any current patient of the Locum Consultant to continue to be treated by her in respect of their medical oncology needs.
198. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Health the status of an application by a person (details supplied) under the home care package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21549/16]
View answerAs this is a service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply. 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.
199. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of architectural or design plans drawn up by or for University Hospital Waterford to facilitate a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21550/16]
View answer200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if outline plans drawn up for a second catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford require the orthodontic unit or any other unit to be moved notwithstanding a favourable decision of an independent review group on relation to the provision of a second catheterisation laboratory at the hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21551/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 199 and 200 together.
There is no independent plan to move the orthodontic unit at University Hospital Waterford.
The Deputy will be aware that in accordance with the Programme for a Partnership Government, an independent clinical review of the need for a second cardiac catheterisation laboratory at University Hospital Waterford is underway and is expected to be concluded shortly. No decisions in relation to the second catheterisation lab will be made pending the finalisation of that review.
201. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and value of contracts the Health Service Executive awarded under public procurement guidelines in each of the years 2008 to 2016 to date in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21554/16]
View answer202. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the tendering process procedures the Health Service Executive adheres to in awarding public procurement contracts. [21555/16]
View answer203. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number and value of public procurement contracts the Health Service Executive awarded, which were rolled over by not putting them back out for tender in each of the years 2006 to 2016 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21556/16]
View answer204. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the procurement of public contracts within the Health Service Executive is robust, fair and competitive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21557/16]
View answer205. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if he is aware of any breaches of public procurement policy that the Health Service Executive carried out and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21558/16]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 201 to 205, inclusive, together.
As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond to you directly. If you have not received a reply from the HSE within 15 working days please contact my Private Office and my officials will follow the matter up.
