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- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The HSE has been considering changes in the arrangements for funding organisations that provide domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services, including Safe Ireland. However, it has been decided to extend the current funding to this organisation until 1st August to allow me to review these proposals.
- Written Answers — Crisis Care Accommodation: Crisis Care Accommodation (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: My officials have asked the HSE to furnish the information concerned and I will communicate with the Deputy as soon as it is to hand.
- Written Answers — Health Action Plan: Health Action Plan (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The Minister is aware of the Diabetes Action proposal document. The report of the Health Service Executive Diabetes Expert Advisory Group (2008) identified the inadequacy of service provision in the area of paediatric and adolescent treatment and proposed a comprehensive regional plan to improve the service. The internationally accepted method of improving diabetes control is that the...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff Rosters: Hospital Staff Rosters (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: Under the new Non Consultant Hospital Doctor (NCHD) Contract agreed with the Irish Medical Organisation in 2010, NCHDs should not be rostered to work for more than 24 consecutive hours on-site. Furthermore, the contract provides that NCHDs who are rostered to work on-site for a period of 24 hours will only do so on a 1 in 5 basis other than in exceptional circumstances. In these...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: My Department and the Health Service Executive are aware of the proposal by the Dublin Academic Medical Centre (DAMC), which proposes to involve the merger of the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital and St. Vincent's Healthcare Group, and a strategic alliance between the merged hospital and UCD. The creation of this Centre remains a critical strategic objective for the aforementioned...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 494 and 495 together. As the Deputy's questions relate to service matters, I have referred these questions to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: There are two corporate credit/charge cards for official business purposes currently in use in my Department. A Bank of Ireland Visa credit card is issued to my Private Secretary. The second card is an American Express charge card and is issued to a nominated officer in my Department's Finance Unit. This card is used to cover a range of costs such as publications, seminar and conference...
- Written Answers — Public Procurement Contracts: Public Procurement Contracts (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available.
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The HSE has been considering changes in the arrangements for funding organisations that provide domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services, including Rape Crisis Network Ireland. However, it has been decided to extend the current funding to Rape Crisis Network Ireland until 1 August to allow me to review these proposals.
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Cancer Incidence: Cancer Incidence (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The National Cancer Registry is the statutory body with responsibility for inter alia the collection and analysis of information relating to the incidence of cancer and related tumours in Ireland. My Department has asked the Registry to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the incidence of cancer in the area specified. The issue of the disposal of material at a site in Santry is a...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The HSE has advised me that from January to March 2011 the National Ambulance Service had a total of 216,571 calls for emergency and non emergency public patient transport and 92 calls for last resort or time critical private patient transport. I have been assured by the National Ambulance Service that its priority in allocating its resources is to ensure its services are available to deal...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to the delivery of services, I have asked the HSE to reply to him directly.
- Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The management of waiting lists generally is a matter for the HSE and the individual hospitals concerned. I have, therefore, referred the Deputy's question to the Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As Minister for Health and Children I am determined to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients receiving treatment in our hospitals. The Government is committed to establishing a Special Delivery Unit (SDU) to improve access to the emergency and elective care system. The SDU is a Government priority and is one of the commitments from the Programme for Government...
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: The Booz Allen Hamilton study on the introduction of a dedicated helicopter emergency medical service (HEMS) for the island of Ireland, jointly commissioned by the Department of Health and Children and the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety was published in April 2004. In HEMS, a helicopter is used in the primary pre-hospital emergency response role,...
- Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: Total expenditure by the HSE on the two National Networks came to â¬839,366 in 2009. The HSE has been considering changes in the arrangements for funding organisations that provide domestic, sexual and gender-based violence services, including Rape Crisis Network Ireland and SAFE Ireland. However, it has been decided to extend the current funding to both organisations until 1st August to...
- Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (17 May 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.