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Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Maternal Mortality Rates (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Clearly those statistics on how many births were to women of non-Irish descent must be examined further. If there was a disparity, it would be concerning. I must agree with the Deputy, in that communication is essential. It is the cornerstone of clinical practice. If one cannot hear what the patient is trying to tell one, the chances of making a proper diagnosis and delivering a proper...

Ceisteanna - Questions - Priority Questions: Maternal Mortality Rates (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Without being categorical, my understanding is that there is an inquiry whenever there is a maternal death. Earlier this year, there were two such inquiries two days in a row at the same maternity hospital, something that had not happened for decades previously. Two different teams and theatres were involved and both investigations found that the deaths owed to different natural causes and...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The prevalence of overweight and obesity has risen steadily in recent times, with 61% of Irish adults now overweight or obese. The World Health Organization refers to the alarming speed with which obesity has increased in recent decades as a global epidemic. The recently published report, The cost of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland, funded by safefood and conducted by...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The Leas-Cheann Comhairle is correct. There is major interest in this because, as Deputy Kelleher correctly points out and as I have mentioned in the past and we all believe it now to be true, ours could be the first generation to bury the generation following us due to the epidemic of obesity and the consequent epidemic of type 2 diabetes, something which I never saw in a person under the...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: This issue requires a cross-departmental approach. This is the first Government to appoint somebody at the level of principal officer across health, education and children to promote this issue and awareness. All help and support is gratefully accepted and we will facilitate the Deputy with any suggestions he might have on how we can progress this. On Deputy Ó Caoláin's...

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: One would be too tired to eat the chips.

Other Questions: Obesity Levels (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: That is because the issue ranges far and wide. I will examine the idea proposed by Deputy Patrick O'Donovan. Having a focussed individual such as that has merit. I have made this point about public health to county council health forums. We have a responsibility in the House on the issue. Politically, it is more sexy to open a new wing of a hospital or an MRI scanner than to promote a...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 7 and 12 together. Professor Oonagh Walsh, an independent researcher, was commissioned by the chief medical officer in my Department to draft a report on the practice of symphysiotomy in Ireland. The report was conducted in two stages. The first stage is an independent academic research report, which is based on an analysis of published medical reports and...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The Deputy has made some statements. The idea that content is not necessary for procedure is nonsense. Whether we are comparing the practices of today and the practices of 50 and 60 years ago is an issue and a difficulty. Through the report, we seek to find justice and closure for the people who suffered at the hands of doctors who performed these procedures, something utterly...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Deputies on all sides of the House are agreed that this issue must be resolved. The Deputy alluded to removing the Statute of Limitations, but the Attorney General's view on that is clear. It would have serious consequences for the Government in a range of areas beyond this issue. We need to resolve this matter. I hope the report will help in that regard. I agree that it should be...

Other Questions: Symphysiotomy Report (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I assure the Deputies and the ladies concerned that there are difficulties, as I have outlined, but that where there is a will there is a way. I am determined to find that way.

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Emergency ambulances from all stations across Donegal are used in a dynamic manner, to maintain emergency cover and respond to calls as required. Ambulance stations across the county and adjacent counties support each other, and the nearest available resource responds to an emergency call, regardless of where it is based. I would be the first to acknowledge the geographical spread in County...

Other Questions: Ambulance Service (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: This is a serious matter and I intend to have it investigated. It makes no sense to me that an ambulance would go out on its own and the paramedic would therefore be unavailable. Given the choice between driving or caring for the patient, it does not make any sense. I went around the country and met the staff, including ambulance staff, in the regions about the future plans for the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Reform (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: On 15 November last, I, together with my colleagues Minister Kathleen Lynch and Minister Alex White launched Future Health: A Strategic Framework for Reform of the Health Service 2012-2015. The core of the Government’s health reform programme is a single-tier health service, supported by Universal Health Insurance and designed in accordance with the principles of social solidarity....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Expenditure (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 15, 192 and 196 together. As we are all aware, the country still faces serious challenges in respect of the public finances, and the need to meet the targets agreed with the Troika, as part of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government and the Troika. Notwithstanding these challenges, the Government agreed to provide the Health Group of Votes...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Children's Hospital (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Following the refusal by An Bord Pleanála of planning permission for the new children's hospital on the Mater site, I established a Review Group chaired by Dr Frank Dolphin (the Dolphin Group) to advise on next steps. Their report was presented to me on 8 June this year. On Tuesday 6 November, I announced the Government’s decision to develop the new children’s hospital at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 20 and 188 together. The Government is committed to keeping down the cost of health insurance so that it is affordable for as many people as possible and remains committed to protecting community rating, whereby everyone pays the same price for the same health insurance product, irrespective of age or health status. The Programme for Government contains a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Inflation (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: Ireland recorded the third lowest rate of inflation in the Health Category in the EU 15. Greece and Portugal were the countries which were lower. The type of prices included in the health category include medical products, appliances and equipment, hospital charges and out patient services supplied by doctors, dentists, opticians, physiotherapists and practitioners of alternative and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: The main priority for the HSE's National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort.The extension of the BreastCheck programme has been listed as a priority in the HSE's 3 year Corporate Plan (2012 -2015).The HSE's National Cancer Control Programme is examining how it can extend the programme to 65-69 year olds. A review of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme (19 Dec 2012)

James Reilly: This Government has given a commitment in the Programme for Government to seek a mechanism to compensate those women who were excluded on age grounds alone from the Lourdes Hospital Redress Scheme. I understand that approximately 35 women who suffered an unnecessary bilateral oophorectomy were excluded from the Redress Scheme on the basis of age alone. The Scheme of Redress approved by...