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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Company Payments (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 626 and 711 together. Private in-patients in public hospitals are subject to maintenance charges that generally range from €586 to €1,046 per day when they are accommodated in a private designated bed. However, if a private designated bed is not available and a private in-patient is accommodated in a public bed, the maintenance charge is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (14 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: HSE Agency Staff Issues (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Following the enactment of the Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act in 2012, the HSE provided guidance to public service employers on the Act, including the fact that the equal pay provisions of the Act have retrospective effect to 5th December 2011. All agency staff employed through agencies contracted by the HSE have now had their basic pay adjusted in accordance with the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Qualifications (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: There is no staff in my Department with a degree or higher level qualification specifically in health economics. There are a small number of staff with degrees and masters in economic science (policy analysis) and/or who have undertaken various training courses in the area of policy analysis including subject areas relating to health economics.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: Subject to overall parameters set by Government, the Health Service Executive has responsibility for determining the composition of its staffing complement. I have asked the Executive to compile the information requested by the Deputy and to reply to him directly. In line with Government Policy there has been a significant increase in the number of consultants working in the health service...

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

James Reilly: The HSE has put a robust assessment process in place for new medicines, including cancer medicines, to ensure that the HSE can provide access to as many medicines as possible from within available resources. This includes a requirement for pharmaceutical companies to justify the proposed price for new medicines, as well as technical assessments by the National Centre for Pharmacoeconomics...

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

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I engage with many Departments on a wide range of health issues. However, my priority in this area, is to ensure that those affected by narcolepsy, with symptom onset post pandemic vaccination are provided with a range of services and supports to meet their health needs. The Health Service Executive has responsibility for health service delivery and at my request the HSE developed a range...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Key Performance Indicators for Emergency Response Times in October 2012. They developed a set of key performance indicators (KPIs), which classify 999/211 emergency calls by clinical status. Clinical Status 1 Echo calls involve life-threatening emergencies of cardiac or respiratory origin. Clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The National Ambulance Service (NAS) is not a static service. The Service deploys its resources in a dynamic manner and works on an area and national, rather than a local, basis. The dynamic deployment of ambulance resources ensures that the nearest appropriate resource is mobilised to the location of any incident. The NAS has been taking a number of steps to improve response times. These...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Pandemic Plan (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: My Department recently published the Report of a Review Group set up to examine the Irish response to influenza A(H1N1) pandemic in 2009. This Group was chaired by my Department and comprised of public health and emergency planning experts from the Health Services Executive (HSE) and its agency the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. The Report includes recommendations for a revision of...

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

James Reilly: The Government is committed to fundamental reform of the health system. This will see the delivery of a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, which will ensure equal access to care based on need, not income. My Department is currently preparing a White Paper on Universal Health Insurance which will provide further detail on the universal health insurance (UHI)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Ingredients (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I established a Special Action Group on Obesity (SAGO) comprising representatives from key Government Departments and organisations to examine and progress a number of issues to address the problem of obesity. Whilst it was acknowledged that alone no single initiative will halt or reverse the trend, it was felt that a combination of measures should make a difference. SAGO has already raised...

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

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Building on work already undertaken by the HSE, the National Treatment Purchase Fund has now taken over the reporting of outpatient waiting time data. For the first time data is available on www.ntpf.ie. The collation and analysis of outpatient waiting time data in a standardised format will reveal the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Sector Staff Remuneration (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy in relation to the whole-time equivalent staff who are directly employed by my Department is detailed in tabular format: Salary Range Whole Time Equivalents (WTE) Less than €20,000 9.1 €20,000 - €30,000 27.53 €30,000 - €40,000 63.86 €40,000 - €50,000 62.23 €50,000 - €60,000 55.4...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Claims (14 May 2013)

James Reilly: I do not have a role in the day to day operations of any private health insurance company. The VHI is a commercial company operating in a competitive market and decisions as to whether members are entitled to benefit are made in accordance with the terms and conditions of each individual member's policy. The issue raised by the Deputy appears to be a contractual matter between the customer...

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

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive's (HSE's) Directorate of Quality and Patient Safety has, under its Advocacy and Incident Management Units, developed a comprehensive incident management process for addressing complaints received in relation to the public health services. As this service is proper to the HSE I have arranged to have the Deputy's question referred to the Executive for attention...

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

James Reilly: With effect from 1s tMarch 2013, under the Health (Out-Patient Charges) Regulations 2013, a charge €100 is levied in all facilities providing emergency out-patient services. In recent years, changes have been made to the emergency services provided in a number of hospitals with resultant changes in the description of the services from "an accident and emergency department". The...