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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (6 Nov 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: European Health Insurance Card (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Under EU Regulations, all persons ordinarily resident in Ireland are entitled to apply for a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) which covers them for necessary health care during a temporary visit to another EU Member State. All persons are entitled to healthcare under EU regulations in another Member State even if they do not hold a EHIC at the time treatment was provided. If a person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: European Health Insurance Card (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: All relevant information concerning the European Health Insurance Card (EHIC) is currently available on the Health Service Executive EHIC website: www.ehic.ie. Information is also available on the citizen's information website. More recently this information is available as a smartphone application which provides information on how to access health services in the Member State that a person...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Disease Strategy (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Ireland has been supportive of the EU proposals on rare disease which concluded with a council recommendation in June 2009. The end point is that countries are recommended to develop plans or strategies preferably by the end of 2013. We are now well advanced in developing this work. I established a National Steering Group, in April 2011, to develop a policy framework for the prevention,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Nov 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: Primary Care Centres (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The management and delivery of health care infrastructure is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The management and delivery of appropriate health care infrastructure is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 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: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 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 Acquired Infections (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1154 and 1157 together. The information available on the number of cases of MRSA and Clostridium Difficile in hospitals for 2010, 2011 and the first 6 months of 2012 is as follows. MRSA: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC) which collates statistical information on bloodstream infections from all hospital laboratories, both public and private,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (6 Nov 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 Waiting Lists (6 Nov 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 (6 Nov 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: Northern Ireland Issues (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: My officials and I are involved in ongoing North South engagement. Ongoing priorities for advancing cooperation include those being progressed through the structures of the North South Ministerial Council; the plenary meeting of the Council took place last Friday 2 November in Armagh and the Health and Food Safety Sectoral took place in July last. There is ongoing engagement at official...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: A system of bed designation has been in place in public hospitals since the 1990s. Under this system, most beds are either designated as public beds or private beds: there is a small number of non-designated beds, such as those in Intensive Care Units. Under the current framework, private in-patients who occupy public beds in public hospitals are not levied the daily maintenance charge,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (6 Nov 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: Speech and Language Therapy (6 Nov 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: Hospital Services (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: In the current economic climate, the acute sector must reduce its costs in order to deliver the agreed level of activity within the resources available to it. In terms of service delivery, we must concentrate on getting the best possible services for patients from the budgets available to us. This means we need to focus on how beds are used, on the throughput of patients, on reducing length...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (6 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The Health and Social Care Professionals Council (HSCPC) and the 12 registration boards to be established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 are responsible for protecting the public by regulating health and social care professionals. The Council (also known as CORU) was established in March 2007 and is working to put in place the necessary structures for registration,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (6 Nov 2012)

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