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Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The response times are always important, but they are not the be-all and end-all. For many years we talked about the golden hour, which originated from field medicine in a war, but it is now outmoded and long gone, as any expert emergency doctor or consultant in this country will confirm.

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The provisions governing the appointment and role of special advisers are set out in section 11 of the Public Services Management Act 1997. In summary, the role of special advisers is to assist the Minister by providing advice; monitoring, facilitating and securing the achievement of Government objectives that relate to the Department; and performing other such functions as may be directed...

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I have already indicated who is in charge of the health service - the Ministers of State and I take that responsibility.

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: Let me finish. The Deputy has asked who runs the health service. Clearly, I do not run it. I take responsibility for it, but it is run by the HSE and there is a chain of command through the Department for policy.

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: With regard to advisers, if I ask my adviser to pass a message or instruction to an individual in the HSE, I see no issue with this. It is the same as me picking up the telephone and saying it myself. There will be specific times when they will be asked specifically to make a request or send a message to an individual. That is entirely different from giving somebody authority across the...

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I believe the Deputy is alluding to a specific instance in which I had already informed the chief executive officer of the HSE that there should be no further changes without bringing matters to my attention in order that I could study their implications. There might have been times when that message had to be reaffirmed, and this was done through an adviser. I do not see an issue with...

Health Service Administration (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I cannot get more brief than "Yes".

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I am preparing a framework for the future development of smaller hospitals, which includes St. Columcille's, Loughlinstown. The HSE and my Department are working with the Health Information and Quality Authority, HIQA, on the safety aspects concerned. As I stated earlier, consultation covering all the key stakeholders, including patients and public representatives, will be an integral part...

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: Deputy Boyd Barrett would be correct in his assumption of the additional thousands turning up at St. Vincent's Hospital if it was the case that they could not be seen at Loughlinstown.

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: It will not be half. First, the numbers of people who attend after 8 p.m. are quite small. Second, most of the patients can still be catered for in a minor injuries or urgent care centre. Only cases involving serious multiple trauma, undifferentiated chest pains and acute abdomen pains end up going to St. Vincent's. Consequently, the numbers will be nothing like those which the Deputy...

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I must beg to differ with the Deputy opposite, as it does add up. What is required is for appropriate services to be available in the appropriate setting and that they are safe. I have made the point previously that there has been much talk about what has gone out of small hospitals. However, one should wait for the rows that will take place when we begin to take stuff out of the bigger...

Accident and Emergency Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: No, not at all. I told the Deputy there would be a consultation process. There is a menu of approximately 24 different types of procedures that can be carried out safely at present. However, this is a dynamic situation and this list may be added to next year as things change, as medical procedures and surgical techniques improve and as more stuff will leave the bigger hospitals for the...

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: While the Programme for Government provides for a reduction in consultants' remuneration, my immediate priority is to achieve more effective implementation of the existing contract so that patients get faster access to services and achieve better outcomes within the budgets available to hospitals. I believe there is plenty of scope under the existing contract and the Croke Park agreement to...

Written Answers — Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Nursing Homes Support Scheme (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I recently agreed to an amendment to the HSE's National Guidelines for the Standardised Implementation of the Nursing Homes Support Scheme. I agreed to this in order to assist the HSE in managing the scheme more effectively and to ensure its ongoing sustainability. The amendment was agreed subject to assurances from the HSE that: individuals with complex cases will not be disadvantaged, ...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The construction contract for the new ward block at St Vincent's University Hospital is proceeding according to plan, within budget and on time. Completion of building works is scheduled for April 2012, after which the building can be brought into use for service delivery. This new building will play a vital role in the treatment of patients with Cystic Fibrosis and a range of other...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The Government intends to publish a Framework for the Development of Smaller Hospitals, which will set out the way these hospitals provide services to patients and how they work within their regional hospital networks. The Framework and its implementation is a priority of the Government. In developing the Framework, the Government is clear that: - there is an important future role for smaller...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The HSE provides all parents/guardians with an information booklet on HPV vaccination. The booklet includes information on possible side effects. The HSE also provides additional information sources at www.hpv.ie and www.immunisation.ie. This includes information translated into eight languages as well as more details on the safety and side effects of the vaccine. Individual queries can...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: An Urgent Care Centre was established in Roscommon County Hospital in July 2011. This Centre operates from 8am to 8pm, seven days a week and the service is provided by non-consultant hospital doctors, with clinical governance provided by an emergency medicine consultant at Galway University Hospital. An enhanced ambulance service has been put in place. During the day, four ambulances...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 56 and 57 together. The independent academic researcher appointed to complete a report into the practice of symphysiotomy has advised my Department that she experienced unforeseen difficulties in accessing information sources and, as a result, she expects to complete the report this month rather than as originally planned. I am very conscious that the women...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (8 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital, Cork is not closing. In recent weeks, HSE South announced details of a reorganisation of acute hospital services in Cork City. This reorganisation is consistent with the plans that have been agreed for some time, which indicate that the South Infirmary would become an elective hospital. To achieve this and to protect elective surgical...