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- Written Answers — Freedom of Information: Freedom of Information (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: Under the Freedom of Information legislation the Health Service Executive is a completely separate body from the Department of Health. Statutory responsibility for compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts rests entirely with the Health Service Executive. Provisions within the Freedom of Information legislation allow for an appeals process should any prescribed body...
- Written Answers — Health Service Investigations: Health Service Investigations (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: As the investigation concerned was commissioned by the HSE under its Trust in Care policy, and concerns an individual case, the Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: The application of such a cap on Exchequer funded pension payments of my Department's directly funded agencies would result in an annual saving of â¬32,209.
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (18 Oct 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 — Health Service Investigations: Health Service Investigations (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: My Department has been in discussion with the independent academic researcher appointed to carry out the research in relation to its completion. The researcher has advised my Department that due to unforeseen difficulties in accessing information sources over the summer she expects to complete the report by the end of this month rather than as originally planned. As soon as the draft...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 499 and 500 together. Throughout the H1N1 influenza pandemic of 2009/10, the Irish Medicines Board published regular updates on national monitoring experience with the vaccines used on its website. Since then, the IMB has received information on reports of suspected cases of Narcolepsy in some patients who received one of the vaccines, Pandemrix, in Ireland...
- Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: Information pertaining to former Health Board structures is not available as the Health Service Executive is now configured from an operational basis into four distinct Regions. Each Region deals primarily with acute and community services. Whilst these regions generally follow old Health Board geographical areas, corporate functions such as Human Resources and Finance, and other national...
- Written Answers — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Health Service Allowances: Health Service Allowances (18 Oct 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 — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I have referred this matter to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 511 to 513, inclusive, and 516 to 527, inclusive, together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 514 and 515 together. I am very conscious of the scale of the financial challenge faced by the HSE this year. All hospitals have to seek efficiencies, and I have emphasised to the HSE that budgetary compliance must be maintained, while delivering the service levels promised in the National Service Plan. Both activity and expenditure at Connolly Hospital are...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 528 and 529 together. While the endoscopy unit in Connolly Hospital has been operational since May 2010, I was invited by the hospital in a letter of the 14 of June to perform the official opening ceremony. The main purposes of my speech of 3 October was to congratulate all those involved with the development of the unit since its inception and to emphasise...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I have contacted the HSE and a response to the Deputy's question will issue shortly.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I am determined to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients receiving treatment in our hospitals. In this regard I have established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which will work to unblock access to acute services by dramatically improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including referrals from GPs. The SDU is working...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 536, 537 and 539 together. There is a joint HSE/Departmental group which is developing a framework for the future development of smaller hospitals with oversight from a steering group comprising of HSE and Departmental officials. No external consultants are being used for this process. Consultation covering all the key stakeholders including patients and...
- Written Answers — Health Services: Health Services (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: The detailed information requested by the Deputy in relation to service levels in County Wicklow has been requested from the Health Service Executive. When I have received this information I will be in further contact with the Deputy in relation to the issues raised by him. Service delivery targets for the HSE are set out in the National Service Plan on a national basis and under some...
- Written Answers — Appointments to State Boards: Appointments to State Boards (18 Oct 2011)
James Reilly: A total of â¬346,911 is currently payable annually in Exchequer-funded fees to board members of six of my Department's directly funded agencies.