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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, 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: Dental Services Provision (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: An independent review of orthodontic services, commissioned by the HSE, is near completion. The outcome of this review will give guidance as to what changes will be desirable to provide the best possible model of care delivery, given the current resources available and future demand for services. The HSE may also consider local initiatives which may involve the use of orthodontic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Inspections (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced, in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. As a major employer, the health sector must make a significant contribution to this reduction. This policy requires that, by the end of 2013, the health service achieves a workforce of 98,938 wholetime equivalents, WTEs. The HSE may continue to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: There has been no capital spending incurred directly within my Department as a result of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 Jobs Initiative.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive, HSE is working with the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, to progress Primary Care Centre Public Private Partnership. The HSE has appointed design teams and technical advisors for the project. The HSE and NDFA have completed an indicative Public Sector Benchmark, PSB, which was presented to the Project Board for consideration of affordability in early...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Since September 2011, Lyme disease has been a notifiable disease under the Infectious Diseases Regulations. The standard approach to the treatment of Lyme Disease is to follow the guidance laid out in the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the clinical assessment, treatment and prevention of Lyme disease. This is accepted as being the most up to date synthesis of best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: While it is accepted that defibrillators should be placed in facilities where the incidence of cardiac arrest is likely to be high, this requires further assessment from a cost-health benefit perspective and also that the first responder programme can be delivered in a safe and appropriate manner. For this reason, a health technology assessment is underway and this will guide how best to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The National Waiting List Management Policy, A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, 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 Insurance Levy Issues (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Risk equalisation is a mechanism designed to support the objective of a community rated private heath insurance market, whereby all customers pay the same amount for the same health insurance policy, irrespective of age, gender or health status. An effective and robust Risk Equalisation Scheme, RES, is required in order to protect affordability for those who need it most. The Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Comprehensive, multi-level approaches are required to address the obesity epidemic. For this reason, I established a Special Action Group on Obesity, SAGO, with which I meet regularly to progress the obesity prevention agenda. SAGO is concentrating on a range of measures and initiatives to help reverse the growing prevalence of obesity in the Irish population. Revised Healthy Eating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Snapshots of the level of prescribing of benzodiazepines and z-drugs were taken In November 2011, March 2012 and November 2012, and provided to all GMS GPs in February 2012, July 2012 and April 2013 respectively. Three pieces of information were provided to them: the prescribing frequency standardised for gender/panel profile of benzodiazepines and z-drugs; the number of patients who were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Delivery of healthcare infrastructure and financial management is a service issue. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Since 2011, Regulatory Impact Assessments have been carried out in relation to the Bills listed in the following table. Name of Bill Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2011 Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 Health (Amendment) Bill 2013

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I have consistently emphasised the vital need to address the rising cost of private health insurance and the necessity for all private health insurers to address their cost bases aggressively. Last year, I established the consultative forum on health insurance to generate ideas to address health insurance costs. During the summer, I appointed an independent chairperson, Mr. Pat McLoughlin,...

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I am glad that the Deputy has raised this important issue. It is the third leg of the health stool - the Department, the HSE and the VHI - and is responsible for 80% of pay-outs. I am determined that we address the cost base. Why do we pay the same sort of money for a procedure that used to take two hours that now only takes 20 minutes? I discussed this matter with the VHI. After much...

Other Questions: Health Insurance Prices (26 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: -----is shaking his head. His Minister made a mess of the health service. I could tell the Deputy that I have been two and half years in the Department and that it takes longer to get things off the ground in health than in other Departments, but I will not, as that is what his leader, Deputy Martin, stated in 2002.