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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (18 Sep 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 — Department of Health: Health Services Reform (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1532 and 1533 together. The Smaller Hospitals Framework was approved by the Cabinet Committee for Health on 14 February and brought to Government for information. I am currently examining the Framework in the context of the overall reorganisation of the health services. It is my intention to publish the Framework when this process has been completed. It is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I have not received any reports from the HSE indicating that exits during the Grace Period impacted on frontline services or on the quality of patient care. Of over 4,000 serving staff who left in the period September 2011 to February 2012, fewer than 500 were in posts which were deemed service or safety-critical, for example in services such as maternity, paediatrics, neo-natal and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I assume the Deputy is referring to the independent expert from the UK who was engaged to undertake a review of the financial management of the HSE in June 2012. The rules regarding procurement, as set out in the Public Procurement Guidelines, state that a competitive process should be used unless there are justifiably exceptional circumstances. The Secretary General of my Department, who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescription Charges (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: Medical card holders are required to pay a 50c charge for medicines and other prescription items supplied to them by community pharmacists, subject to a cap of €10 per month for each person or family. Charges are not payable in respect of items supplied under the Long Term Illness Scheme. Prescription charges do not apply to children in the care of the HSE or to methadone supplied...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Budgets (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below. Year Health Group €m 1997 51.430 1998 24.820 1999 227.390 2000 141.576 2001 250.127 2002 210.000 2003 62.500 2004 0.000 2005 0.000 2006 340.000 2007 0.000 2008 345.000 2009 254.000 2010 595.000 2011 148.000 The figures reflect the Net requirement for additional funding, as in a number of years...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital Location (18 Sep 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1544 and 1741 together. My Department and the HSE have taken a number of actions in recent times to control expenditure on drugs. Savings are being achieved through on-going off-patent price cuts; the pricing mechanism for new products has been changed; and we now have a review mechanism that takes account of price reductions in other countries. Since 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: In July 2011 the Minister for Health and Children announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) namely its role would be changed to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The SDU’s priorities encompass: Emergency Departments – waiting times for admission known as trolley waits; In-patient waiting times; Out-patient waiting times;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1546 and 1574 together. The Government is committed to fundamental reform of healthcare in Ireland that will deliver a single tier health system, supported by universal health insurance (UHI), where access is based on need, not income. Every individual will have a choice of health insurer and will have equal access to a comprehensive range of curative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: From 3 May, 2012 Ipilimumab has been available to all eligible patients with progressive melanoma treated in public hospitals. There have been no reported delays in relation to its provision. The Director of the HSE's National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP) is aware that some private insurers were in ongoing negotiations with the manufacturers to agree reimbursement of Ipilimumab for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: The total spend on taxis for the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) is set out in the table below. Year Spend 2008 €2,554.14 2009 €661.98 2010 €1,560.91 2011 €987.51 2012 year to date €742.12 2012 total year forecast €1000,00 The spend for the Health Service Executive is a service matter, and has been referred to the Health Service...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1554, 1559 and 1562 together. As these are service matters, they have been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I have set up an expert group to oversee the implementation, by the HSE, of the recommendations of the Tallaght Report. This group has met a number of agencies on my behalf, and will continue to do so as appropriate. The group will report in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1558, 1593, 1595 and 1596 together. The current statutory public in-patient charge is €75 per day, subject to a maximum of €750 in any period of 12 consecutive months.The statutory in-patient charge also applies to day cases. A number of categories of individuals are exempt from the above charge, including those with full eligibility....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1560, 1561 and 1592 together. Following a request on 13 September by senior health service management on behalf of the Government, intensive discussions between health service employers and the two consultant representative bodies commenced immediately at the Labour Relations Commission. These dealt with a range of matters, including measures to ensure that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: As I have previously advised the Deputy, 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 waiting times for access to both scheduled and unscheduled treatments and to maximise the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: It is essential that organisations funded by the HSE to provide services on its behalf comply in full with Government policy on public service pay. Following publication of the recent HIQA report on Tallaght Hospital, which identified the issue of additional payments being made to a small number of executives, the Secretary General of my Department wrote to the then CEO of the HSE, asking...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Board (18 Sep 2012)

James Reilly: The interim HSE Board, which I established in May 2011, was designed to facilitate greater coordination and integration between the senior management teams in my Department and the HSE. The interim Board has provided a basis on which to make early progress on the health reform agenda, facilitating a greater unity of purpose. It also streamlines reporting relationships to ensure that...