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Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) employs in excess of 1,400 staff who are practitioners registered with the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC), the professional regulator for Pre Hospital Emergency Care with the National Qualification in Emergency Medical Technology (NQEMT) at the level of competence of emergency medical technician, paramedic or advanced paramedic. A number...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 187 and 188 together. I have made it a priority to unblock access to acute services in our hospitals by improving the patient flow through the system. Access to services is not about bed numbers per se, it is about how the bed capacity in a hospital is managed to maximise throughput and provide safe and quality care to patients. The Special Delivery Unit,...

Written Answers — Life Expectancy: Life Expectancy (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: In 2010, the life expectancy at birth for men in Ireland was 78.7 years, and for women was 83.2 years. The corresponding figures for 1997 are 73.4 years for men and 78.7 years for women. This represents an increase of 5.3 years for men and 4.5 years for women. For the period 1997 to 2008 (the latest year comparable data is available) Ireland has gone from a position of nearly 1 year below...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: Provisional data from the HSE Performance Management Reports shows that the number of inpatient discharges in 2010 was 588,860 while the number of day cases was 728,269.

Written Answers — National Health Strategy: National Health Strategy (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: My Department is currently involved in drafting a new Public Health Policy Framework which will explore among a range of other issues, the need for a National Nutrition Policy. Earlier in the year I set up a Special Action Group on Obesity comprising key stakeholders, including a representative from the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, to progress a number of issues to address the...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The required period of notice for nurses who wish to retire varies depending on their contracts. I have therefore asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to this matter. A three-month notice period for retirement was introduced for the public service in July this year. The purpose of this notice period is to allow management to have advance knowledge...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (10 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The purpose of immunisation programmes is to provide population immunity and to protect children and the population generally from potentially serious disease. GPs with immunisation contracts and HSE staff involved in national immunisation programmes provide information prior to any immunisation, including possible side effects to parents/guardians and those receiving vaccinations. With...

Written Answers — Departmental Bodies: Departmental Bodies (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The directive of March 27th 2009 referred to by the Deputy provided that no public service post, however arising, could be filled by recruitment, promotion or payment of an allowance for the performance of duties at a higher grade. Any exceptions to this principle required the prior sanction of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Following critical analysis by my Department of a...

Written Answers — Health Service Building Projects: Health Service Building Projects (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The delivery of health care infrastructure is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The Employment Control Framework for the health sector exempts certain grades and posts from the moratorium on recruitment, including speech and language therapy posts. The Framework also allows the HSE discretion to fill non-exempted posts on exceptional grounds in order to maintain essential services. The number of such exceptions must of necessity be kept to a minimum given the need to...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Nov 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (15 Nov 2011)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Properties: Departmental Properties (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: Estate management of the Health Service Executive property portfolio is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The National Paediatric Hospital Development Board and Children's Hospital Project Team are committed to ensuring that the views of children, their families and carers are incorporated into the process of designing the new children's hospital. A Youth Advisory Panel (YAP) was established to obtain the views of children and young people and a Family Forum was developed to represent the views...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware I commissioned an independent Review regarding the location of the new children's hospital on the Mater Campus. I announced the outcome of the Review on the 6th of July 2011. The independent experts who formed the Review Team, having examined all the issues in accordance with the Terms of Reference, came to the unanimous and unequivocal recommendation that the...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The 2006 McKinsey Report to the HSE, Children's Health First,recommended that:- the population and projected demands in Ireland can support only one world class tertiary paediatric hospital; it should ideally be located alongside a leading adult academic hospital; it should accommodate the secondary care needs of children in the greater Dublin area. Following the McKinsey report, a...

Written Answers — Croke Park Agreement: Croke Park Agreement (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: It should be noted that the Implementation Body for the Agreement is currently considering the progress reported on the implementation of Action Plans under Croke Park in each sector during the period, April to September 2011. The Body is due to publish a summary of the progress reported to it on its website shortly. Once the Body has completed its consideration, the progress reports for...

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (15 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. A Joint HSE/Departmental group is currently working on the Framework's development. The Framework and its implementation is a priority of the Government. In developing the...

Written Answers — Universal Health Insurance: Universal Health Insurance (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 579 to 581, inclusive, together. The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system. The aim of this reform is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, that will ensure equal access to care based on need, not income. While universal health insurance is the ultimate destination of this...

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (15 Nov 2011)

James Reilly: The Commission put extensive procedures in place to provide information to individuals who suspected that they may have been involved in such trials. Persons who were resident in the above named homes and who wish to ascertain if the Department holds clinical trials vaccination records in respect of them, may do so by contacting my Department. I would emphasise, however, that my Department...