Results 8,501-8,520 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly
- Written Answers — Hospital Funding: Hospital Funding (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: I have no role to play in the day to day running and commercial decisions relating to private hospitals.
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: As the Deputy's question relates to service matters I have arranged for the question to be referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply to the Deputy.
- Written Answers — Coroners' Reports: Coroners' Reports (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: When a person dies, it is the duty of a relative of the deceased to act as qualified informant. This means that the relative must give to a registrar of births, deaths and marriages the information necessary to register the death, including a medical certificate of the cause of death, which is obtainable from the medical practitioner who attended the deceased, and sign the register of deaths....
- Written Answers — Nursing Staff: Nursing Staff (6 Jun 2012)
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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (6 Jun 2012)
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 improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (6 Jun 2012)
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 improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The...
- Written Answers — Hospital Accommodation: Hospital Accommodation (6 Jun 2012)
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 improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The...
- Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: My Department has no plans to carry out research into the impact of patients presenting in public hospitals who previously held private health insurance. In respect of access to public hospitals, the work of the Special Delivery Unit is focussed on improving wait times for access to both scheduled and unscheduled treatments and to maximise the capacity of existing facilities to manage patient...
- Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: The HSE Business Information Unit centrally collates statistics on delayed discharges. These statistics are a representation of the percentage of beds days lost with respect to the total number of available bed days, due to their occupancy by patients who have been deemed as being medically fit for discharge home with additional support, or awaiting transfer to rehabilitation off site, or a...
- Written Answers — Hospital Appointments: Hospital Appointments (6 Jun 2012)
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 improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The...
- Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Hospital Procedures: Hospital Procedures (6 Jun 2012)
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 improving the flow of patients through the system, and by streamlining waiting lists, including the management of referrals from GPs by hospitals. The...
- Written Answers — Departmental Funding: Departmental Funding (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: My Department's capital allocation for 2012 is â¬17.5m of which â¬0.473m is allocated to support the Department ICT and office equipment needs. Following the transfer of functions between Government Departments in 2011, responsibility for the Drugs Strategy was transferred to the Department of Health. In this regard â¬1m of the Department's allocation is allocated to the Drugs...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: The Bioethics Unit advises on a number of issues across various policy areas in my Department, including the protection of animals for scientific purposes. The Bioethics Unit has engaged with and will continue to engage with officials in my Department who have been assigned the task of transposing Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of such animals. Directive 2010/63/EU will be transposed...
- Written Answers — Animal Welfare: Animal Welfare (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: Before I address the specific question tabled by the Deputy, I should at the outset advise the House that my Department will, before the end of the year, transpose Directive 2010/63/EU on the protection of animals used for scientific purposes. The new Directive will, when transposed in Ireland and other Members States, ensure that Europe will have the highest standards of experimental animal...
- Written Answers — Tobacco Policy: Tobacco Policy (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: All tobacco products, whether legally produced, illicit or counterfeit are injurious to health and are therefore a threat to public health. I am concerned about the level and it remains my objective that Ireland becomes a tobacco free society. The Revenue Commissioners are responsible for tackling the illicit trade in cigarettes and tobacco products. My Department and the HSE support...
- Written Answers — Medical Aids and Appliances: Medical Aids and Appliances (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 904 and 905 together. As these are service issues, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.
- Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: The report of the National Narcolepsy Steering Committee was published on 19 April and is available on my Department's website. My Department is working closely with the Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Department of Education and Skills to address the needs of those affected by narcolepsy. The HSE has provided a range of services and supports to those affected including access to rapid...
- Written Answers — Departmental Expenditure: Departmental Expenditure (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: My Department still has no record of an application from the Group referred to by the Deputy. If the organisation wishes to make an application for National Lottery Funding they should send in a formal application. Detailed procedures, along with the application form are set out on my Department's website - www.doh.ie. I am not aware if the Health Service Executive is in receipt of an...
- Written Answers — Pension Provisions: Pension Provisions (6 Jun 2012)
James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.