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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Cork and Beaumont are two of six regional centres which have been identified by the HSE's Clinical Care Programme for Epilepsy for the provision of specialist epilepsy services. Developments so far under the Programme include the opening of Rapid Access Clinics at four of these centre, including Beaumont, St James’s, Galway and Limerick. The Rapid Access clinics are led by Advanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Revised HSE management structures are being put in place in conjunction with the new governance arrangements are provided for in the Health Service Executive (Governance) Bill 2012; the recruitment process for a Chief Financial Officer and five National Directors, including the Director of Mental Health, has now commenced. The competition for the post of Director of Mental Health was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Diabetes Strategy (20 Feb 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Agency Staff Numbers (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: As the use of agency staff is a matter for the HSE in the first instance, the Deputy's enquiry has been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 245 and 251 together. The issue of an adequate number of intern places in the Irish medical system is a priority for my Department and for the HSE. The HSE established an Intern Implementation Group in 2009 to implement aspects of the Report of the NCMET on the Intern Year and I am aware that this Group has issued two Implementation Reports, most recently...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Labour Court Recommendations (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: On 29 June 2012, the Labour Court recommended that the HSE and SIPTU should engage in relation to matters concerning home help contracts. The Court issued a further recommendation on 12th December 2012 noting that management proposals to deal with the issues raised would be encompassed in a comprehensive delivery model for home help services. It recommended a meeting between management and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (20 Feb 2013)

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: Hospital Waiting Lists (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to waiting list management in general, the National Waiting List Management Policy , A standardised approach to managing scheduled care treatment for in-patient, day case and planned procedures, January 2013, has been developed to ensure that all administrative, managerial and clinical staff follow an agreed national minimum standard for the management and administration of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff Remuneration (20 Feb 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be aware from previous responses to his questions relating to cochlear implants, that bilateral cochlear implants are not routinely available at present. However, some bilateral implantation has already occurred for patients, mainly very young children with certain medical conditions such as a history of meningitis or blindness. Beaumont Hospital, HSE Management and the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Redress Scheme (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: A commitment was made 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. The Scheme of Redress approved by Government in 2007 was a non-statutory, ex-gratia scheme. Awards were determined by an independent Redress Board in 2007 and 2008. My Department has been engaged in a review...

Seanad: Medical Practitioners (Amendment) Bill 2012: Second Stage (20 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I am happy to have an opportunity to participate in the Second Stage debate on Senator Colm Burke's Bill which proposes the introduction of mandatory professional indemnity cover for medical practitioners engaged in medical practice. It proposes to do this by amending the Medical Practitioners Act 2007. I thank the Senator for proposing the legislation and acknowledging that I tried to make...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy is aware, Article 40.3.3° of the Constitution was inserted by the Eighth Amendment in 1983 and is as follows:‘The State acknowledges the right to life of the unborn and, with due regard to the equal right to life of the mother, guarantees in its laws to respect, and, as far as practicable, by its laws to defend and vindicate that right.’ In Attorney General...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Properties (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: Management of the health care property portfolio is a service matter. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Staff (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 220 to 222, inclusive, 227, 228, 235, 246 and 247 together. The Report of the Undergraduate Medical Education and Training Group (Fottrell - 2006) recommended a number of reforms in basic medical education including a significant increase in medical school intake for Irish/EU students, on a phased basis. While my colleague, the Minister for Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Graduate Statistics (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy will appreciate that the number of medical graduates from Irish medical schools can vary from year to year. The Higher Education Authority has provided the following figures for the total number of graduates from each of the six medical schools for the period 2007 to 2011, the latest year available. Medicine Graduates 2007 to 2011 Graduation Year National University of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Feb 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Feb 2013)

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: Medical Aids and Appliances (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 234 and 262 together. The HSE undertook a National Review of Audiology Services. The National Audiology Review Group developed a comprehensive set of recommendations to address the inconsistencies and inadequacies in audiology services which are contained in the HSE Report of the National Review of Audiology Services published in April 2011. This report...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (21 Feb 2013)

James Reilly: As the delivery of healthcare infrastructure is a service matter your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply