Results 7,061-7,080 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Written Answers — Accident and Emergency Services: Accident and Emergency Services (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: The HSE has informed my Department that the information sought by the Deputy is not collected.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (15 Dec 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 (15 Dec 2011)

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

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

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

Written Answers — Long-Term Illness Scheme: Long-Term Illness Scheme (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: To streamline the processing of medical cards the HSE implemented its decision to centralise the processing of all new applications and renewals of medical cards at the Primary Care Reimbursement Service (PCRS) in Dublin from the 1st of July this year. After the centralisation of the service PCRS reported that they were receiving approximately 20,000 applications a week. PCRS estimate that...

Written Answers — Consultancy Consultants: Consultancy Consultants (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: I am assuming that the Deputy's question relates to public relations work carried out by consultancy companies. No money was spent on public relations work in 2010. Information in respect of 2011 is currently being collated within my Department and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Ministerial Appointments: Ministerial Appointments (15 Dec 2011)

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

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (15 Dec 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 (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: I am examining the issue of available data and I will be in further contact with the Deputy as soon as it becomes available.

Written Answers — National Drugs Strategy: National Drugs Strategy (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: The report of the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group is close to completion. I expect to receive proposals in the coming months and I will then brief my colleagues in Government on these.

Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: The management of hospital services generally, including outpatient waiting lists, is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to arrange to have the case investigated...

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

James Reilly: The following table shows the wholetime equivalent number of staff by grade category employed in the health sector from the end of 2004 to October 2011. As the table shows, the Management/Administration, and total employment across all grades, was at its highest at December 2007. Since then, management/administration has reduced by almost 2,000, or 11%. This compares to a reduction in numbers...

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

James Reilly: It is difficult to predict with certainty the likely impact of any reduction in the uptake of private health insurance (PHI) on the demand for public hospital services. Much depends on the numbers of people who reduce the level of cover offered by their PHI plans, and on the numbers who might stop purchasing PHI altogether. There is no doubt that public hospital services will face an...

Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: Under the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (HSE-NCCP), cancer surgery and diagnosis are undergoing a process of consolidation into eight centres (and one satellite centre), while radiation oncology services are provided in a limited number of centres. Consequently, patients may need to travel for treatment. There are a number of systems of support in place for these patients...

Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (15 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: There are some 13,000 acute hospital beds, including some 1,800 day beds, in the Irish public acute hospital system. The exact number available for use at any one time varies according to a number of factors, including planned levels of activity, refurbishment and infection control. Beds are also closed to control expenditure because, like all other public agencies, hospitals have to...

Written Answers — Health Service Contracts: Health Service Contracts (15 Dec 2011)

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

Order of Business (16 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: A particular case of tinnitus.

Personal Explanation by Minister (16 Dec 2011)

James Reilly: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for providing me with this opportunity to update the House on the nursing homes support scheme. When I updated the House in June, I stated that there were 22,277 people in receipt of financial support under the scheme and that my Department had estimated that almost 24,000 people should be in receipt of financial support by the end of the year. These figures were...