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Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The scheduling of patients for hospital treatment is a matter for the consultant concerned in each case and is determined on the basis of clinical need. Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant involved. As this is a service matter it has...

Written Answers — Smoking Ban: Smoking Ban (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: I would like to clarify for the Deputy that, should a future prohibition be introduced, it will not look to restrict the rights of adults to decide what is best for them. Rather, any such prohibition would look to protect the rights of children; that is, persons under the age of majority to whom the State has a particular duty of care and who are otherwise reliant on parents and carers to...

Written Answers — International Agreements: International Agreements (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The Department is in the process of carrying out the preliminary work to facilitate the establishment of the Expert Group on the ABC v Ireland judgment. As set out in the Action Plan submitted to the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe, it is intended that the Expert Group will be set up by November 2011.

Written Answers — Health Service Executive: Health Service Executive (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: While I recognise that the public health service, as with all health systems, requires managers and administrators to run effectively, nonetheless, I am of the view that there is scope for a reduction in the number of management/administrative staff in the health sector. This is necessary to ensure that we have streamlined and effective structures and also to enable staffing resources to be...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (14 Sep 2011)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 Sep 2011)

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

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 881 and 882 together. As these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table: NAS Area NAS Division 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 West Mid Western 10,427,000 10,977,000 11,513,889 12,587,186 11,194,226 13,501,095 Western 14,644,000 14,435,000 14,949,000 15,387,000 13,951,189 15,740,950 North Western 10,543,000 11,046,000 11,543,311 11,704,541 10,832,671 12,238,392 South South Eastern...

Written Answers — Garda Vetting: Garda Vetting (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: Garda vetting is a pre-employment check carried out if any prospective employee, volunteer or student on placement will have unsupervised access to children or vulnerable adults. It provides for the disclosure by the Garda Central Vetting Unit (GCVU) to the prospective employer of details available to the Garda of prosecutions and convictions of the candidate. It is a matter for the...

Written Answers — HSE Debt Collection: HSE Debt Collection (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive seek to maximise the recovery of income in a socially responsible and cost effective way. Initial follow up on outstanding charges is carried out by each hospital and includes the use of reminder letters. Collection agencies are used when the normal collection process has been exhausted. The HSE employ the services of debt collection agencies in twenty three of...

Written Answers — Medicinal Products: Medicinal Products (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: Prescription charges are provided for under Section 59 of the Health Act 1970 as amended by the Health (Amendment ) (No 2) Act 2010. Revoking these provisions requires primary legislation. It is the intention of my colleague, the Minister for Health, subject to Government approval, to introduce legislation to abolish prescription charges for medical card holders.

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

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

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

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

Written Answers — Health Education: Health Education (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: I established a Special Action Group on Obesity to identify a number of specific issues which could be progressed to help make an impact on our obesity levels. Calorie posting on restaurant menus was one of the issues identified and my Department met with representatives from the food and drinks industry in this regard. I now intend writing to Irish fast food outlets, with parent companies...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: This information is not routinely collected by my Department. However, I have forwarded the request to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The HSE held a centralised recruitment competition for Staff Grade Physiotherapists in 2008. Since then 237 permanent posts have been filled from this panel and a further 110 temporary appointments made. These appointments were to fill many of the service developments for both Primary Care Teams and Disability services, together with replacements for existing physiotherapists who were...

Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has provided the following figures showing the numbers of recorded deaths related to hypothermia for each of the years 2005 to 2010, broken down by each month and age range. Please note that data for 2011 is not yet available and that data for 2009 and 2010 are provisional. Deaths due to hypothermia classified by month of death and age group, 2005 to 2010...

Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (14 Sep 2011)

James Reilly: The amounts spent by my Department on taxis for the years 2008, 2009, 2010 and to date in 2011 are €15,238, €10,686, €15,928 and €8,368 respectively.