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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key 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 the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with a disability including those with autism having regard to the resources available. A range of community and other services are provided for children with a disability including those with autism by or on behalf of the HSE. Significantly the HSE is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Mortality Rates (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The Chief Medical Officer of my Department is finalising a report examining the potential of hospital discharge data in measuring the quality of health care. This includes the measure of recorded 30 day in-hospital mortality rates following heart attack. It is expected that the report will be finalised and published in the near future.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Data Protection (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: In late 2009, the Data Protection Commissioner received a complaint from a member of the public in relation to the retention of Newborn Screening Cards. The basis of the complaint, which was upheld by the Data Protection Commissioner, was that the NSCs should not be retained indefinitely without consent as this constituted a breach of the Data Protection Acts 1998 and 2003. During 2010, a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Responses received in relation to the June 2012 follow up consultation questions will be published on the Department of Health website by the end of January. A Memorandum to Government on the Health and Wellbeing Framework is currently being prepared by my Department for consideration by Cabinet in the coming weeks. The Health and Wellbeing Framework will be published once agreed by Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Private Partnerships (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Neither I nor my Department have not been involved in any such talks and I am advised by the HSE that they have not had any contact with private investors or funders in relation to this matter. However, the HSE have advised that they have responded to a number of queries from private parties, mostly regarding property and suitability of sites/lands in the Navan area for such a purpose. They...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE is proceeding with arrangements to commence the Graduate Nurse Placement Initiative. The recruitment process for Phase 1 for registered general nurses and covering the Acute Hospital setting and the Community commenced on 11 January, with the first of the appointments to be in place by the end of February 2013. On 16 January, the HSE announced that it had extended the scope of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Building Regulations (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The installation of Carbon Monoxide detectors in buildings is currently being examined in the review of Part J of the Building Regulations. This review is being carried out by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The numbers employed in the health service have been reduced from over 111,000 at end-December 2008 to 101,519 at end-November 2012. In addition, salary scales for all health service grades have been reduced in line with Government decisions. I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy with the detailed information requested.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (23 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Ms Anne Dunne S.C. was appointed to carry out a Post-Mortem Inquiry to investigate post-mortem practice and procedure in all hospitals in the State since 1970.The Dunne Inquiry commenced its work in March 2001 and it submitted a report to my predecessor in March 2005.The strong legal advice obtained from the Attorney General was that the report could not be published for legal and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Agency Staff Report (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: I have not received the report in question and, accordingly, cannot comment on its contents.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (24 Jan 2013)

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. However, the HSE can make staff appointments once it remains within its overall employment ceiling and has the financial resources to do so. As the recruitment of non-nursing staff is a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: In line with moves towards increased efficiencies in state services, as required by the Croke Park agreement, the HSE National Ambulance Service(NAS) has been moving, for some time, from on-call to on-duty rostering for the delivery of ambulance services. In June 2011, following a Labour Court judgement (LCR 20002), the NAS put forward its plan for the phased elimination of on-call in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Decisions on early retirement applications is a matter for the Health Service Executive, and as such, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Throughout 2013 hospitals will open and close beds on various wards in order to deliver the planned level of activity. Beds may be closed at times during the year for a number of reasons, including cost containment, infection control and refurbishment. The decision to open and close beds is made at hospital management level and approved by the Regional Director of Operations In the current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Staff (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: The filling of such posts is a matter for the Health Service Executive, and as such, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Incidence (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 198 to 201, inclusive, together. No data on the prevalence of Sickle Cell Disorders are routinely available. The Hospital In-patient Enquiry (HIPE) system records details on each in-patient and daycase discharge from all publicly-funded acute hospitals but if a patient is admitted more than once for a specific condition, each admission is counted separately....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Employment Initiative (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 205, 212 and 216 together. Given the unprecedented economic challenges faced by the country, including the ongoing requirement to achieve reductions in public sector employment, the Graduate Employment Initiative will support the retention of recently-qualified graduate nurses and midwives within the Irish health system and a reduction in unsustainable...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ministerial Meetings (24 Jan 2013)

James Reilly: Ireland thus has obligations under Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC which deals with protecting public health policies from commercial and other vested interests of the tobacco industry. These obligations relate to Government, government officials and persons employed by state funded agencies among others. Last May I wrote to all my Government colleagues reminding them of our duties and...