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Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Following the HIQA report on Tallaght Hospital, the Chief Executive Officer of the HSE directed its Internal Audit Office to undertake a review of remuneration paid to senior managers in HSE-funded Section 38 Agencies, to establish the nature and extent of any top-up amounts being paid. This exercise is being carried out at present and it is anticipated that it will be completed within...

Written Answers — Traveller Community: Traveller Community (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Traveller health continues to be a priority area. At central policy level the aveller Health Advisory Committee (THAC) advises on policy in relation to health services for Travellers. The committee consists of representatives of the Department of Health, the HSE and aveller organisations. It works closely with the HSE National aveller Health Advisory Forum (NTHAF). The NTHAF is a...

Written Answers — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (11 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 — Health Service Expenditure: Health Service Expenditure (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I referred this matter to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Prompt Payments: Prompt Payments (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: My Department is committed to the publishing of a regular report on prompt payments by the Health Service Executive. Officials from my Department are addressing the matter with the Executive to ensure that publication of prompt payments is in place shortly. The HSE is very conscious of the difficulties facing companies today and is committed to standard payment terms of 30 days. However,...

Written Answers — Primary Care Centres: Primary Care Centres (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: 5Refurbishment of health care facilities and delivery of health care services is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Domestic Violence: Domestic Violence (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: Cosc is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence and was established by the government in 2007 as an executive office of the Department of Justice and Equality. Cosc's key task is to ensure the delivery of a well co-ordinated "whole-of-government" response to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence against women, men and older people in the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 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 — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 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 — Health Services: Health Services (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: 6As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (11 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland 2006, recommended that all major cancers, including oesophageal and stomach cancers be treated in designated centres, where patients are managed by multidisciplinary teams in accordance with the best standards of cancer diagnosis, treatment and care. The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) recently undertook a Quality Review of Oesophageal...

Suicide Prevention (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this important issue. The Deputy is known to be a great champion of the cause of suicide prevention. The suicide rate in Ireland gradually declined between 2003 and 2007 from 497 to 458. However, this trend has reversed and evidence supports a link between the economic downturn and the increase in the rate of suicide. A recent CSO report indicates an...

Suicide Prevention (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Neville for raising this important issue. I recognise, as he does, that the figures we have for suicide could in fact be an awful lot higher if single vehicle accidents were considered. We have seen some tragedies, including one more recently in a foreign clime involving an Irish couple who ended up losing children as a consequence of a man with suicidal intent. I would like...

Acute Hospital Services (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for raising this issue. The Government is committed to ensuring that patients receive the highest standard of care in the appropriate settings be they acute, community or residential. The traditional focus on the institution rather than the patient must be changed. To this end, we support older people to live at home and in their communities for as long as possible. This...

Acute Hospital Services (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: There is no question or doubt but that patients from Roscommon have been for a long time opting to go to Mayo General Hospital, Sligo General Hospital, Portiuncula Hospital and Galway University Hospital. A survey taken a couple of years ago indicated that only 9% of people with an address in Roscommon were attending the hospital in Roscommon, with the remainder attending other hospitals....

Hospital Services (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy for raising this important issue. The Strategy for Cancer Control in Ireland 2006 recommends that all major cancers, including oesophageal and stomach cancers, be treated in designated centres where patients are managed by multidisciplinary teams, in accordance with the best standards of cancer diagnosis, treatment and care. The HSE's national cancer control programme,...

Hospital Services (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The arrangements are as I have stated. That is the plan and those are the arrangements that have been put in place. I welcome the Deputy's comments. We want all citizens with oesophageal cancer and upper gastrointestinal cancer to get the best treatment. Like the Deputy, I believe that where possible we must have the volume of patients going through to maintain the expertise....

Employment Rights (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I am taking this on behalf of the Minister for Social Protection, who is on EU business in Cyprus. Legislation governing employment rights is primarily a matter for the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation who advises that in general, the employment rights legislation administered by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation does not contain an upper age limit. In...

Employment Rights (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: The underlying and fundamental issue is demographic. The OECD put this conundrum well when it stated, "Policy makers are facing the challenge of providing a short-term response to the crisis without losing sight of the longer-term structural reforms needed to put pension on a solid footing in light of population ageing." Addressing this demographic problem is what lies behind the changes to...

Employment Rights (12 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I hear what the Deputy is saying. The core principle of sustainable social protection systems in advanced economies is that citizens receive benefits in proportion to their contributions. This has been always part of our pension system and changes to State pension provision which were announced recently put an increased emphasis on this as the system had not maintained a sufficient link...