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Written Answers — Medical Cards: Medical Cards (7 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (7 Apr 2011)

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

Written Answers — Proposed Legislation: Proposed Legislation (7 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: My Department is developing legislative proposals to provide for the inclusion of health advice/warnings on alcohol drink containers (bottles, cans) and on promotional materials. Providing advice to pregnant women on the dangers of consuming alcohol during pregnancy and providing other health information to the consumer at the point of consumption are an important means of informing the...

Written Answers — Children in Care: Children in Care (7 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I wish to advise the Deputy that the category "other" referred to in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 30 March 2011 refers to children who are cared for by way of residential short term special arrangements by either the HSE or agency staff while awaiting transition to a more permanent care placement.

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The Government has committed, under the programme for Government, to the construction of the new children's hospital. Since my appointment as Minister, I have been engaged in discussions with my officials and with the national paediatric hospital board in order to brief myself on the work done on this project to date. I want to be clear about how we can best provide the hospital in the most...

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: Comhghairdeas don Teachta on his appointment. The review will take four weeks from the time it begins, but before we can do that, further information is required, especially in respect of the bottoming out of the money that we have available. I was given an estimate for the building cost by the last chairman of the board, but there was a €10 million variance between that and the figures...

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I do not intend to delay it. My concerns remain, while my opinion is a different matter entirely. I hope my concerns will be addressed in the review, as well as those of everybody who has the best interests of children at heart. I want to know that we are building the hospital in the right place. I want to ensure any access issues will be adjudged and taken into consideration vis-À-vis...

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: Monaghan General Hospital provides day medical and surgery services, elective endoscopy, cardiac rehabilitation, non-invasive diagnostics, a minor injuries unit, radiology, diagnostic urology, dentistry, ear nose and throat and outpatient services. It also provides 13 step-down and 13 rehabilitation beds which allow patients to transfer from Cavan General Hospital and the HSE Dublin north...

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: Monaghan General Hospital in the Dublin north-east region in terms of hospital services. We are under severe stress in terms of capacity. Underlying the health service is the principle that the patient should be treated at the lowest level of complexity that is safe, timely, efficient and as near to home as possible. With this in mind, we are looking very closely at Monaghan General...

Hospital Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: There is absolutely no question but that there are big issues facing the health service. There is also no doubt that promises were made in the past and not kept. When certain plans for reconfiguration were designed, the part dealing with the removal of services was enacted with great haste, while that which was supposed to address the central delivery of services was much slower in coming...

Hospital Bed Closures (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: There are approximately 11,600 inpatient beds and 1,800 day beds in the public hospital system. The number of beds available at any one time fluctuates, depending on planned activity levels, maintenance and refurbishment requirements and staff leave arrangements. Beds may also be closed from time to time to control expenditure, given the need for every hospital to operate within its...

Hospital Bed Closures (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: There is no intention on my part to reduce the capacity any further. I believe we have the waiting lists we have because we do not have sufficient capacity. Before there is any reopening of beds, I want to ensure we get the maximum value from the beds we have. I have met the clinical teams and in many cases we could have many more discharges within 48 hours of admission to hospital. We...

Hospital Bed Closures (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The best way to answer that is to say we are working through the plan at the moment. As the Deputy knows, it is quite a complex plan. I hear loudly what he is saying. I only recently heard about a case of a person who was fasting for two and a half days waiting for a procedure. That is just not good enough and that sort of issue cannot be allowed arise again. That also requires a change...

Accident and Emergency Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The waiting times for patients attending emergency departments in many hospitals during last winter and in particular the first week of January of this year were unacceptable. I am determined that this should not happen again. The difficulties in emergency departments cannot be resolved solely within the emergency departments themselves and must be addressed on the basis of a health-system...

Accident and Emergency Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I will answer the easiest question as to whether I have ever experienced Saturday nights in emergency departments. I have experienced them numerous times because I worked in them. However, that is not to make light of the situation where people feel threatened - both staff and the people lying there ill and distressed. The drunken and violent behaviour of some of our citizens is not...

Accident and Emergency Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: The Deputy has asked a series of questions and I doubt if I can answer them all in the time allocated to me. There are some things we can do to alleviate the situation in the very short term over the next few months; there are other things we can do in the more medium term for the winter; and then there is the longer-term solution which I have outlined already. In answer to the question as...

Accident and Emergency Services (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: ----- they turn up at the hospital because they have been injured and I suppose they need hospital care. If it is an issue that would be more appropriate for them to attend a general practitioner service, that is something we are also looking at. The reality is that if there has been a fracas and there are suspected fractures etc., without having diagnostics in the community they will turn...

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 35, 386 and 391 together. As I stated in my earlier reply to the House, the Government has committed, under the programme-----

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: I do not have the question numbers before me, but they are questions from Deputies McDonald, Dowds and Maloney.

Hospitals Building Programme (12 Apr 2011)

James Reilly: As I stated in my earlier reply to the House, the Government has committed under the programme for Government to the construction of the new children's hospital.