Results 12,721-12,740 of 21,128 for speaker:James Reilly

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to inform the Deputies that a number of supports are in place for persons diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination. My priority is to ensure those affected by narcolepsy, with symptom onset post-pandemic vaccination, are provided with a range of services and supports to meet their health needs. My colleague, the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn,...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: As I outlined earlier and for the record, by 10 May the Irish Medicines Board had received 48 reports confirming a diagnosis of narcolepsy with symptom onset following the Pandemrix vaccination. The majority of these reports relate to children and adolescents. Further possible cases have been investigated by the HSE and the Irish Medicines Board. As I have pointed out, a range of services...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy asked when I will meet the representatives and the answer is "shortly". I have absolutely no hesitation in meeting them. They sent a letter to the Department outlining some of the things they would like to see happen and most of them have, in fact, already happened. The Deputy mentioned rapid access to diagnosis, which is already available. They asked for a special medical card...

Other Questions: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: With regard to the last point, no proceedings have been commenced but it is a statement of intent borne by the sense of hurt and loss that parents believe their children have suffered. We have to take that on board. The other points raised by Deputy Kelleher are well made. Of course we should always look at best practice not only here but abroad and we should seek to pool information. We...

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, where access is based on need, not on income. Under UHI, everyone will be insured and will have equal access to a standard package of primary and acute hospital services, including acute mental health services. A...

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: On the one hand, we do not seem to be going fast enough, but on the other hand Deputy Ó Caoláin wishes us to draw a breath. I had to point out to him that a paper was produced by the universal health insurance group in February.

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The White Paper is under-----

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: When it comes to Ladybird books, and Tweedledum and Tweedledee, we all know to whom we should refer. The reality here is that we are undertaking a sea change in the way we provide care and how we fund it. It is a fundamental shift, moving from hospital-based care to a primary care model and from a tax-based system to an insurance-based system under which those who cannot afford all of the...

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: May I respond? There are two minutes left.

Other Questions: Universal Health Insurance White Paper (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Ó Caoláin talks about not having faith in the Government's system. His leader does not appear to have faith in the system on this side of the Border or that in Northern Ireland when he chooses to use the free travel provided to him by a benefactor to avail of whatever the insurance sector seems to provide in the United States for his own treatment. Deputy Ó...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE Service Plan as approved by the Minister for Health on 9 January 2013 details the funding available  for all services including hospitals.  A core element of the Service Plan was ensuring that hospitals were provided with a 2013 budget which was, in so far as possible, linked to their 2012 costs in order to provide a more achievable financial challenge.  There was...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: In 2012 the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) initiated a national project to compile, for the first time, an Outpatient Waiting List database based on patient-level information from individual hospitals. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU together with the NTPF and the HSE have developed the OP waiting list minimum dataset that allows for this data to be submitted to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: St. Columcille's Hospital Loughlinstown provides joint acute hospital services with St. Vincent's and St Michael's, Dun Laoghaire. Together, they provide a range of services for the catchment of Dublin South-East and Wicklow, across three sites in a collaborative arrangement. The establishment of hospital groups will ensure that these hospitals have a central role in the future delivery of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products Supply (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 89, 134, 606, 640, 659, 660, 664 and 670 to 673, inclusive, together. The HSE has received an application for the inclusion of pirfenidone in the GMS and community drugs schemes. The application is being considered in line with the procedures and timescales agreed last year by the Department of Health and the HSE with the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Securing the Future of Smaller Hospitals: A Framework for Development offers clear information about the role of our smaller hospitals and what they will do in the future. While the Framework focusses in particular on the role of nine smaller hospitals, which have been the subject of particular attention from the Health Information and Quality Authority, the principles behind it will apply...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Immediately following my appointment as Minister for Health I established the Special Delivery Unit as set out in the Programme for Government. Its aim is to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. As set out in Future Health, a key goal is to deliver faster more equitable access to hospital services. With regard to waiting times for procedures,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Immediately following my appointment, I set out to address the issues which have been causing unacceptable delays in patients being treated in our hospitals. I established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), as set out in the Programme for Government. The SDU is working to unblock access to acute services by improving the flow of patients through the system. Since its establishment there have...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Approximately 20 of the 35 primary care centres locations announced under the infrastructure stimulus package in July 2012 will be offered to the market subject to a) agreement between the local GPs and the HSE on active local GP involvement in the centres and b) site suitability and availability. The HSE is working with the National Development Finance Agency (NDFA) as required to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: On my appointment as Minister for Health, I set out to address the issues which cause unacceptable delays in patients being treated in our hospitals. I established the Special Delivery Unit (SDU), which is working to unblock access to acute services by improving patient flow through the system, including Beaumont hospital. An intensive work programme is underway between the SDU's liaison...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 101 and 107 together. In relation to the particular queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in these matters.