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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (7 May 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: Services for People with Disabilities (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to ensuring access and equity of service for people with disabilities, at all levels of the health service. In this regard, the HSE has specific obligations under the Disability Act 2005. As the HSE provides addiction services in partnership with a range of statutory, non-statutory voluntary and community groups as well as projects in Drugs Task Force areas, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Generic Drugs Substitution (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 385 and 395 together. Under the Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill, the Irish Medicines Board has statutory responsibility for establishing and publishing a List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products. In deciding whether to add a group of medicinal products to the List of Interchangeable Medicinal Products, the Board must be satisfied that...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Waiting Lists (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: Dental services to children up to 16 years are provided by the Public Dental Service of the HSE. The service is targeted at children at key stages in their development. Children are given dental examinations and any follow-up treatment required at these stages. When required, emergency dental treatment is available to all children up to 16 years. The HSE has been asked to examine the specific...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Appeals (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Properties (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Office of Public Works has responsibility for Hawkins House where my Department is accommodated. The sourcing of property on behalf of Government Departments / Offices and Agencies is a matter for the Office of Public Works (OPW). The information sought in respect of Agencies under the aegis of my Department is not routinely collected. Given the resources and time involved in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: There are no plans to extend the list of conditions covered by the Long Term Illness Scheme. Under the Drug Payment Scheme, no individual or family pays more than €144 per calendar month towards the cost of approved prescribed medicines. The scheme significantly reduces the cost burden for families and individuals incurring ongoing expenditure on medicines. In addition, people who...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Thalidomide Victims Compensation (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Heidelberg Study is a survey of nearly 900 German survivors of thalidomide, carried out by the University of Heidelberg on behalf of the German Thalidomide Foundation. The report identifies the individual's deterioration in health, their increasing loss of independence and an increased requirement for supports and assistance including medical services, aids and appliances, environmental...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Acquired Infections (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to inform the Deputy that MRSA rates are at a 6-year low and I would like to assure the Deputy that the management of Healthcare Acquired Infections (HCAIs) is a key patient safety issue for my Department and the Health Service Executive (HSE) and a number of significant initiatives have been developed to address the issue. These include the HSE's National Infection Control...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Alcohol Pricing (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: My Department has no direct powers to reduce the price of non-alcoholic beer; its price is largely a function of private market forces. The National Substance Misuse Strategy envisaged a minimum unit price for alcohol products only - complemented by a range of other measures in the supply and prevention areas - in order to deal with the misuse of alcohol. It is likely therefore, that these...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: Since the national cochlear implant programme commenced seventeen years ago, over 700 patients have received cochlear implants. I am advised that, in 2012, ninety cochlear implants were carried out with 42 children receiving implants and 48 adults. In addition to providing the surgical services, the programme provides a comprehensive assessment service to potential candidates and a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: Under the provisions of the Medical Practitioners Act 2007 it is a matter for the Health Service Executive (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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Applications (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible. The Health Service Executive operates the General Medical Services scheme, which includes medical cards and GP visit cards, under the Health Act 1970, as amended. It has established a dedicated contact service for members of the Oireachtas specifically for queries relating to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: The National Clinical Programme for Diabetes, which includes the care of children and adolescents with diabetes and which has been established within the HSE's Clinical Strategy and Programmes Directorate, aims to define the way clinical services for diabetes should be delivered, resourced and measured. A clinician has been appointed to lead on the development of the programme. One of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Help Service Provision (7 May 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 Waiting Lists (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: 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 lists for scheduled care. This policy, which has...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Emergency Services Personnel (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: Members of An Garda Síochána are authorised to drive any vehicle deemed necessary in the performance of their duties. On rare occasions, two or more paramedics or advanced paramedics may be required to treat a patient in an emergency ambulance. In these circumstances, members of the emergency services on scene, including gardai, where capable of doing so are authorised by the HSE...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (7 May 2013)

James Reilly: While there is no statutory obligation to provide a chiropody/podiatry service, such services are provided by the HSE to medical card patients with the greatest needs. In several regions the service is provided by private chiropodists by arrangement with the HSE. Chiropodists/Podiatrists wishing to be added to the list of providers apply to the HSE and are added to the list once it has been...