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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies Board Remuneration (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As all members of the Board of the Health Service Executive are public servants, they are precluded from claiming fees under the "one person one salary" principle. This precludes public servants acting as chairpersons or directors of State-sponsored bodies from receiving additional remuneration for undertaking such duties. In relation to the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Board, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (12 Mar 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 waiting...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Internships (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: Under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 it is a matter for the HSE to assess, on an annual basis, the number of intern training posts required by the health service. My Department is in regular contact with the HSE in relation to the issue of intern places with the aim, in so far as is possible, of providing a sufficient number of intern places for Irish/EU graduates from...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Service Executive Expenditure (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: As the Deputy's query relates to an operational issue, it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The particular issue raised by the Deputy is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly 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 Parking Facilities (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: My Department does not receive any revenue from the controlled parking system parking fees on the hospital grounds of the Mater Hospital, Beaumont Hospital, James Connolly Hospital and St. James's Hospital. As this is a service matter pertaining to the Health Service Executive, I have asked them to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Cost (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The main legislative provisions for the regulation of the Irish private health insurance market are included in the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2012 and Regulations made under those Acts. The aim of this legislation is to ensure that the market is regulated appropriately. The regulatory system is based on the key principles of community rating, open enrolment, lifetime coverand minimum...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Mar 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 Insurance Cover (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. The inclusion of MRfacilities in the VHI's Directory of Hospitals (and Treatment Centres) is a matter for the VHI. If a VHI customer requires an MRI scan during the course of a medically necessary stay in a participating hospital listed in the VHI's Directory of Hospitals (and Treatment Centres), and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Maternity Services (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE's National Clinical Care Programmes provide a national, strategic and co-ordinated approach to a wide range of clinical services. They include the Clinical Care Programme in Obstetrics and Gynaecology, the overall aim of which is to improve choices in women's healthcare. The key objectives of the programme, as with all the HSE's National Clinical Care Programmes, are based on the key...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (12 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I requested the Regional Director of Operations, Dublin North East, to establish a Group to undertake an independent assessment to establish if a Medical Assessment Unit (MAU) would be required and viable in Monaghan Hospital. The Group, which included two members of the public (Service User Panel Representatives) was established and independently chaired by a Specialist in Public Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Mar 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 Services (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 193 and 194 together. I plan to publish, with Government approval, Securing the Future of Smaller Hospitals: A Framework for Development to offer clear information about the role of our smaller hospitals and what they will do in the future. While the Framework focuses in particular on the role of nine smaller hospitals, named below, which have been the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (13 Mar 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 centres, including Beaumont, St James’s, Galway and Limerick. The Rapid Access clinics are led by Advanced...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Products (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: All Government Departments and Agencies funded from the Exchequer must comply with EU Directives and national guidelines on procurement. As delivery of health care patient seating clinic products such as wheelchairs is a service issue the Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply. Apart from the HSE, Agencies under the aegis of my Department do not deliver such a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 200 and 215 together. Unfortunately due to a very busy schedule of Government and Departmental business, I regret that I was not in a position to accede to this organisation's recent request for a meeting. However, as this area falls within the remit of Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, my office forwarded the organisation's correspondence to her and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Products (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: All Government Departments and Agencies funded from the Exchequer must comply with EU Directives and national guidelines on procurement. Procurement of products, goods and services which support the delivery of health care is a service matter. The Deputy's question has been referred to the HSE for direct reply

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 203 to 206, inclusive, together. The Government is committed to a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, which provides equal access based on need, not ability to pay, and which delivers the best health outcomes for Irish citizens. Universal health insurance (UHI) will replace the current inequitable and inefficient two-tier...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: I understand that the Deputy's question relates to the Department's administrative and statutory schemes and not to health services provided by or under the aegis of the Department. As a matter of practice, the Department undertakes reviews of schemes for which it has responsibility on a periodic basis. The Department is compiling a list of all its statutory and administrative schemes and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation (13 Mar 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is collated by the Business Intelligence Unit within the Health Service Executive. Therefore, I have asked them to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.