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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (28 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 244 and 245 together. The association between Pandemic vaccination and an increased risk of narcolepsy in children/adolescents is acknowledged in the epidemiological report of the National Narcolepsy Study Steering Committee. However, causation has not been established. My priority is to ensure that children/adolescents affected by narcolepsy with symptom...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs (29 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 Procedures (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The HSE National Service Plan sets out the health and personal social services that will be delivered during 2012 from within the HSE budget. In relation to the specific matter which is the subject of the Deputy's query, as this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (29 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 Staff (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: In regards to this particular issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have referred the Deputy's question to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (29 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 Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is the next priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the NTPF has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the distribution of long waiters across all hospitals. In the first instance, this will allow...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet its fiscal and budgetary targets. The health sector must make its contribution to that reduction. Plans to establish panels within the Health Service Executive for new graduates is a matter for the HSE, and as such, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to them for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Funding (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The HSE National Service Plan sets out the health and personal social services that will be delivered during 2012 from within the HSE budget. In relation to the specific matter which is the subject of the Deputy's query, as this is a service issue it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) is a statutory body responsible, inter alia, for driving quality, safety and accountability in residential services for children, older people and people with disabilities in Ireland. The Authority is responsible for driving improvements in the quality and safety of healthcare on behalf of patients. In this context, it is a matter for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Laytown/Bettystown Co Meath is one of the 35 potential locations for primary care centres for development by way of PPP as announced in July in the Government's Infrastructure Stimulus Package. Of the 35, approximately 20 will be offered to the market subject to a) agreement between the local GPs and the HSE on active local GP involvement in the centres and b) site suitability and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: A comprehensive review of maternity and gynaecology services in the greater Dublin area was completed in 2008. The 2008 KPMG Independent Review of Maternity and Gynaecology Services in the Greater Dublin Area report noted ‘it is well recognised that for optimal clinical outcome, maternity services should be co-located with adult acute services, or in the case of neonatology and fetal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Transport (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The cost to the health service of providing non-emergency patient transport, in particular for patients going to outpatient (OPD) appointments, has escalated in recent years. As the HSE has no statutory obligation to provide patient transport, other than emergency transport, non-essential transport provision has been identified for budgetary control. Accordingly, criteria have been revised...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Contracts (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: The management of hospital services generally, is a matter for the Health Service Executive and the individual hospitals concerned. Therefore, the Executive is the appropriate body to consider the particular case raised by the Deputy. My Department has requested the Parliamentary Affairs Division of the Executive to make enquiries as to the provenance of the poultry used in hospital meals...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is the next priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the NTPF has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the distribution of long waiters across all hospitals. In the first instance, this will allow...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I thank the sub-committee for the opportunity to discuss the situation. I look forward to responding to questions from members and to a discussion on the many challenges facing the health service in 2013. While I acknowledge that the sub-committee's agenda today is to discuss the 2013 allocations, it is not possible for me to provide any degree of detail on the budgets for the Department of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I am almost finished.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Allocations for Public Expenditure 2013: Discussion with Minister for Health (29 Nov 2012)

James Reilly: I would like to conclude because it is important to put these matters in perspective. Between now and 2017, the proportion of the population aged 65 and over will increase by approximately 20,000 per year. This is good because it reflects improving longevity and better quality of life. We must fully celebrate that fact but also take cognisance of the implications it has in the context of...