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Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (4 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is currently examining ways to improve the deployment of emergency resources in the Roscommon area, in order to enhance service levels and performance against national standards. Emergency activity levels in the Roscommon area remain static. Therefore, the NAS is seeking to use existing resources more efficiently in order to improve response times. To...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (4 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: Delivery of the health capital infrastructure stimulus is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (4 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: A table sets out the first point on the staff nurse salary scale for each year from 2005 to date. Dec-04 €26,841 June-05 €27,757 Dec-05 €28,174 Jun-06 €28,878 Dec-06 €29,744 Jun-07 €30,339 Mar-08 €31,098 Sep-08 €31,875 Jan-10 €30,234 Jan-11 €27,211 Details of the allowances payable to nursing staff are available...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 259 and 260 together. The Health Service Executive has statutory responsibility for the management and delivery of health and personal social services. I have therefore referred these questions to the Executive's Parliamentary Affairs Division for attention and direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Repayment Scheme (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: In response to the Supreme Court ruling referred to by the Deputy, the Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 provided a clear legal framework to repay recoverable health charges for publicly funded long term residential care. The closing date for receipt of applications to the scheme was 31 December 2007. All living fully eligible persons who were wrongly charged were entitled to have their...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (9 Oct 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: Delivery of the health capital infrastructure is a service matter. Therefore the question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 569 and 570 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 (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: The HSE have informed my Department that Beaumont Hospital has been engaging with it over the introduction of cochlear implants. The HSE have requested the hospital to submit a business case for consideration for the 2013 service plan.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: Colorectal cancer is the second most commonly diagnosed cancer among both men and women in Ireland. Approximately 2,200 new cases are diagnosed each year, and it is cause of death in around 950 people each year. Colorectal screening works on two fronts: it provides early detection and therefore earlier and more effective treatment, and it helps to prevent cancer in the first place by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (9 Oct 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 — Department of Health: HSE Funding (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: All matters relating to funding for the ISQSH were transferred from the Department to the HSE in order to further strengthen and streamline the corporate and financial governance principles under which the Society receives funding. The Department has agreed with the HSE that the Executive should assume responsibility for the direct allocation of ISQSH's funding from 2012, as appropriate,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (9 Oct 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 580 and 581 together. The NAS operates under the Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) EMS Priority Dispatch Standard, which identifies the appropriate resource to be dispatched to emergency calls. This standard is in line with the recently published HIQA National Standards for Safer Better Healthcare, which set out the principles for timely and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Strategy (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: An order to delegate appropriate functions to Minister of State Alex White is being prepared. Subject to Government approval, I envisage that Minister of State White will be given responsibilities across a range of statutory functions, similar to those delegated to his predecessor including: controlled drugs, pharmacy and medicines. Many of the matters that arise for ministerial decision...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 584 and 585 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: Primary Care Centres Provision (9 Oct 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 593, 594, 596, 597 and 681 together. In 2007 and 2008 the HSE published lists of locations for which the Executive was seeking accommodation. These lists were published in the print media and are, therefore, in the public domain. The locations were not published in any particular order. Those locations were approved by the Board of the HSE. Arrangement is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (9 Oct 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (9 Oct 2012)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (9 Oct 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.