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Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: I have not now, nor ever had, a business relationship with the company outlined in the details supplied.

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: The 2008 consultants' contract includes measures to strengthen the management, monitoring and control of activity in hospitals with a view to ensuring that the level of consultant private practice within public hospitals does not exceed the permitted ratio. The HSE in conjunction with the ESRI has introduced a range of new measurement systems in order to meet the requirements of the...

Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive is not planning to cut funding for the HSE West (Mid West Area) in 2011. The budget for health services in the Mid West Area for this year was allocated in January at €605m and this remains unchanged. What is apparent from the April accounts is that the Mid West Area is overspending by approximately €4m per month for the first four months of this year. While...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: Given the introduction of the moratorium it has not been possible to fill the post of Chief Dental Officer although until mid 2009 our Department did have the services of a dental advisor. The dental advisor has since completed her secondment and returned to the HSE. However, a review of this Department was recently carried out as part of the Organisational Review Programme under the...

Written Answers — Alcohol Branded Sponsorship: Alcohol Branded Sponsorship (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: A Working Group was established in 2008 to "discuss the question of the sponsorship of sporting events by the alcohol industry with a view to phasing it out", its report was published in June 2010. The Report showed that there were two different views represented in the Working Group; but it was not charged with finding a means of reconciling these opposing views or to assess the relative...

Written Answers — Medical Investigations: Medical Investigations (26 May 2011)

James Reilly: This case was investigated under the National Incident Protocol by the HSE, using the Investigation Procedure and Toolkit to identify factors that contributed to this maternal death. To address these contributory factors and to prevent future harm arising from them 11 actions were recommended. Recommendations were made in relation to the need to identify clinical pathways for the management...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (26 May 2011)

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

Accident and Emergency Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: The Government's priority in regard to acute hospital services is to ensure a safe and high quality of care for patients which is provided at the most appropriate location. I am committed to ensuring that all care is provided at the lowest level of complexity, is safe, timely and efficient and is available as close to home as possible, consistent with safe practice. Wexford General Hospital...

Accident and Emergency Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: Wexford General Hospital is a separate issue to psychiatric services, which are being re-organised in the south east and Wexford in particular. As I noted in my original reply, it is important to site services as close to patients as possible and to this end the development of a community psychiatric service is well advanced. A crisis house will be open 24 hours per day, seven days per week...

Accident and Emergency Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: I share the Deputy's concern. The matter is being expedited and significant advances have been made to the point that services will be in place very shortly. This should be seen as progress rather than regress.

Health Service Executive Board (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: The new HSE board held its first meeting this morning. The new, largely executive, board will meet more frequently than its predecessor and I will be briefed about board business on a regular basis by the chairman, Dr. Frank Dolphin, the CEO, Mr. Cathal Magee, and the Secretary General of my Department, Mr. Michael Scanlan. The board will focus on operational excellence and its membership...

Health Service Executive Board (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: The Deputy's first contention is that there will be no oversight. The Department has strong representation on the board, which ensures oversight. There are also external auditors, etc. There is not the major concern alluded to by the Deputy from the Government's point of view. It is an interim board, which will not be in place for a number of years but until the new system comes into...

Health Service Executive Board (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: I note the Deputy's fondness for the use of the word "misappropriation". Last week, he used it during the debate on the fair deal issue, which my colleague addressed. Nobody said moneys were misappropriated. I said clearly in that instance that money that should have been under different subheads were taken from subhead 12, which covers the fair deal scheme.

Health Service Executive Board (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: No, "inappropriate" as opposed to "misappropriation". There is a big difference between both and there is a big difference in law if we were to debate this outside the House. The Deputy asked about primary care centres and teams. I am not aware of any such issue but I will check it out and revert to him.

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: In common with other public services, the health services are facing significant financial challenges. The key priority for me in dealing with the serious budget pressures on the health services is to minimise the effect on services for patients to the greatest degree possible. The Government has a radical programme for reform of the health service. It is no accident that this reform...

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: I am not sure which of the myriad questions Deputy Ó Caoláin has asked, to answer. There is no about-turn or volte-face, as the Deputy suggested. There is a concern and realisation that what is important is service to patients and that patients get that service. There is also a realisation, with the excellent work being done by the clinical programme managers, that there are many ways to...

Hospital Accommodation (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: Part of any plan for a winter crisis is the ability to open beds that have been closed, if that is necessary. Rather than focusing on beds we should focus on service, the treatment of patients and the service they require. I have not entirely abandoned the possibility of re-opening beds. Based on existing data, at the weekend of 3 April, some 961 beds - 927 inpatient beds and 34 day beds -...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: Sligo General provides a significant range of cancer services. These include surgery for non-melanoma skin cancer and colorectal cancer, and chemotherapy services. Sligo has also been selected as one of the 15 candidate colonoscopy centres for the colorectal cancer screening programme to be launched next year. Chemotherapy is still provided to all cancer patients in Sligo. I am pleased to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: This Government is embarking on a major programme of reform for the health system, the ultimate objective of which is to ensure equal access to healthcare based on need, not income. This objective will be achieved through a single-tier health service supported by universal health insurance. One of the key elements of the reform programme is financial reform of the acute hospital sector. We...

Written Answers — Child Care Services: Child Care Services (31 May 2011)

James Reilly: The free Pre-School Year in Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) programme was introduced by this Department in January 2010 and provides a free pre-school year to all eligible children. Already, 94 per cent of children in the year before primary school are participating in the programme. Participating services are required to adhere to the principles of Siolta, the national framework...