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Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: No one ever promised that. The Deputy is confabulating.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: Show me where I did. The Deputy should correct the record.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: That remark needs to be corrected. No new hospital was promised in Navan.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: Not in Navan, not by me.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: A former Fianna Fáil Minister stated that not a red cent would be borrowed.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I can help the Deputy on that. There is still a board of the HSE with a chairman and a chief executive officer. Does that help the Deputy?

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: It requires planning permission, as I am sure the Deputy understands.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: It has improved.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I am listening to Deputy Ó Caoláin.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: Would Deputy Ó Caoláin achieve it in seven months? I doubt it very much.

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: A Leas Cheann Comhairle, at what time is this over?

Health Services Delivery: Motion (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I asked and inquired, as I am entitled to do.

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: The role and responsibilities of the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) have increased in recent years and its financial allocation and staffing compliment have increased accordingly. e Health Sector (Non Commercial State Agencies) Employment Control Framework 2011 - 2014 provides for exemptions for professional and technical grades involved in essential frontline inspection and...

Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I previously indicated to the House in May that I am aware that the Australian Government has initiated legislation requiring plain packaging for cigarettes. My Department receives regular updates from the Australian Embassy as to the progress of this legislation, which is currently being debated in the Australian Senate. It should be noted, however, that on June 27 2011, Philip Morris Asia...

Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: Section 5 of the Public Health (Tobacco) (Amendment) Acts 2002 - 2011 sets out the penalties for those guilty of any offences under the Act including non-compliance with the time-frames which will be set out in the new Regulations.

Written Answers — Action Against Tobacco Industry: Action Against Tobacco Industry (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: In March 2010, the European Court of Justice ruled that Ireland, by imposing minimum retail prices for cigarettes, was in contravention of Article 9(1) of Council Directive 95/59/EC of 27 November 1995 on taxes other than turnover taxes which affect the consumption of manufactured tobacco. The revised draft Regulations have now been forwarded to the European Commission to ensure that they...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 538 and 549 together. The following table sets out the list of non-commercial agencies that come under the aegis of my Department and specifies whether they are self funding or Exchequer funded (i.e. funded by my Department or the Health Service Executive). Agency Exchequer Funded/Self Funding An Bord Altranais Self funding Dental Council Self funding...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (25 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 — National Treatment Purchase Fund: National Treatment Purchase Fund (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: The total number of surgical procedures carried out under the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) to date is 163,315. The NTPF does not normally send patients for treatment outside Ireland. The Fund has, where particular circumstances warranted it, sent a small number of patients abroad for treatment. For example, the Fund has arranged for patients living in border counties to be treated...

Written Answers — Departmental Agencies: Departmental Agencies (25 Oct 2011)

James Reilly: The information requested is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.