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Written Answers — Maternity Services: Maternity Services (19 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 (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As the Deputy might be aware, the Expert Group on the A, B and C v Ireland judgment of the European Court of Human Rights was due to report to government within six months of establishment by means of a written report. As the Expert Group was established in January 2012 the report would have been due to be submitted at the end of July. The Expert Group has made very good progress and is...

Written Answers — Departmental Reports: Departmental Reports (19 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 — Health Service Staff: Health Service Staff (19 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 — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Hospital Staff: Hospital Staff (19 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 Staff: Hospital Staff (19 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 Executive Funding: Health Service Executive Funding (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: On-going funding for any service is a matter for the HSE. In this regard, the HSE has recently met with Dignity 4 Patients and signed a Grant Aid Agreement with them for €22,500 for one year's office supplies and voluntary support. The HSE has also advised Dignity 4 Patients that there is no funding available towards staffing costs and suggested that they consider establishing synergies...

Written Answers — National Counselling Service: National Counselling Service (19 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Abuse in Hospitals: Abuse in Hospitals (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: In 2011, I indicated that the issues raised by the case of allegations of sexual abuse of patients at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda, would be the subject of an inquiry by an Oireachtas Committee. This was dependent on the powers that had been proposed under the 30th Amendment of the Constitution. As I cannot proceed as proposed, I am now considering how best to deal with the...

Written Answers — Hospital Services: Hospital Services (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I can confirm that Mullingar Hospital has recently made a submission to the Department in relation to the opening of hospital beds. The submission is being considered by the SDU and a decision will be made shortly in this regard.

Written Answers — Ambulance Service: Ambulance Service (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 740 and 764 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — National Lottery Funding: National Lottery Funding (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: My Department has no record of an application from the Group referred to by the Deputy. As this project appears to have a children's remit the organisation may wish to make an application for National Lottery Funding to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.

Written Answers — Orthodontic Services: Orthodontic Services (19 Jul 2012)

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

Written Answers — Vaccination Programme: Vaccination Programme (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: My Department is currently examining the recommendations of the Vaccine Damage Steering Group. However, this issue is complex and needs to be considered in the wider context of how best to address the long term health and social needs of people who may have experienced adverse outcomes from other health services.

Written Answers — Cancer Screening Programme: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 748, 749 and 752 together. part of the Health Service Executive's National Cancer Control Programme, is responsible for the development and implementation of Ireland's national colorectal screening programme. The programme is planned to begin in the final quarter of 2012 and will initially target people aged between 60 and 69. Free screening will be...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 750 and 751 together. The Minister has set a target that, by the end of 2012, that no patient should have to wait more than 13 weeks for routine GI endoscopy (that is either a colonoscopy or gastroscopy ) once placed on a hospital daycase waiting list. This is an extremely challenging and ambitious target and in order to support hospitals in reaching this...

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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 (19 Jul 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he/she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved.

Written Answers — Hospital Waiting Lists: Hospital Waiting Lists (19 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...