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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (10 Jul 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 — Departmental Staff: Departmental Staff (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for attention and direct reply to the Deputy. The information in relation to the Non-Commercial State Agencies is currently being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 476, 488 and 492 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Air Ambulance Service: Air Ambulance Service (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Last year, I received a number of unsolicited submissions about the provision, by the private sector, of dedicated aeromedical support services in the west of Ireland. I also considered the possibility of provision from within existing state resources. The absence of data for aeromedical support in the Irish context indicated the need for a pilot project, in order to assess the type and...

Written Answers — Hospitals Building Programme: Hospitals Building Programme (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 482 and 483 together. There are always more infrastructure projects than can be funded from the Exchequer's health capital allocation. The Health Service Executive's 2012 health capital allocation for health infrastructure at €334m represents 61% of its 2008 allocation. All projects must be considered in the context of the HSE's overall capital programme...

Written Answers — Hospital Equipment: Hospital Equipment (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Procurement of materials and products used in hospital fit-out and refurbishment is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Alcohol Pricing: Alcohol Pricing (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: In its report on alcohol, the National Substance Misuse Strategy Steering Group recommended - among other things - the introduction of a legislative basis for minimum pricing per gram of alcohol. As minimum pricing is a mechanism of imposing a statutory floor in price levels for alcohol products that must be legally observed by retailers, its primary function would be thus to discourage at...

Written Answers — Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware a commitment was made in the Programme for Government to seek a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme. My Department has been engaged in a review to identify the most appropriate mechanism to compensate those women. This process involves taking instructions and legal advice, including advice...

Written Answers — Patient Statistics: Patient Statistics (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Statistics on the numbers of people diagnosed with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis are not routinely available. The available data relates to episodes of hospitalisation from these conditions and this information is presented in the table below. The data are derived from the Hospital In-Patient Enquiry (HIPE) system which records details on each in-patient and daycase discharge from...

Written Answers — VAT Rates: VAT Rates (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Action Group on Obesity is currently carrying out a Health Impact Assessment (HIA) on the health and economic aspects of introducing a levy on sugar-sweetened drinks and the Institute of Public Health will be facilitating my Department with this assessment. The Steering Group aims to have the Health Impact Assessment Report available in October to bepresented to me.At that point,...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Health Insurance: Health Insurance (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware the Irish health insurance market received a new entrant last week with the launch of GloHealth. I welcome this development, and believe that it will help improve competition in the market. The decision of Irish Life to invest in GloHealth is a commercial matter for the Board of Irish Life, in keeping with its remit as a commercial insurer. Both Glohealth and Irish...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (10 Jul 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 (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Special Delivery Unit (SDU) is working 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 SDU is working closely with its partner agencies - mainly the HSE and the NTPF. As a priority, public hospitals were instructed to ensure that, by the end of...

Written Answers — Food Safety Standards: Food Safety Standards (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 506 to 510, inclusive, together. The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) in the North are currently reviewing the work carried out by the Food Safety Promotion Board (FSPB). The purpose of the review is to ensure that the Food Standards Agency in Northern Ireland, the Public Health Agency, the FSPB and DHSSPS work effectively, in...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: It is important that we organise our health services to make sure that we have safe and consistent treatment for patients across the country in a way which is affordable. This is being tackled through the clinical programmes and also through the re-organisation of our hospital system and the establishment of our hospitals into groups. The creation of hospital groups and trusts is at the heart...

Written Answers — National Children's Hospital: National Children's Hospital (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As you will be aware, I established an independent Review Group to consider the implications of the decision of An Bórd Pleanála, received on 23 February 2012, to reject the planning application for the proposed construction of a national paediatric hospital on the site of the Mater Misericordiae Hospital. The aim of the Review was to consider all the possible options for the earliest...

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (10 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (10 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Professor Oonagh Walsh, independent researcher from University College Cork was commissioned by the Chief Medical Officer in the Department of Health to draft a report in relation to the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. This draft report is the first stage of a two-stage process in relation to this research on the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. This first stage is an independent...