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Written Answers — Department of Health: Expert Group on the A, B and C v. Ireland Judgment (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy will be aware from my previous replies on this matter that the nominations from the Institute of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and the Irish College of General Practitioners were provided to me in confidence and therefore I do not intend to provide any further details in this regard.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Senators for their support and for the sentiments expressed. I will first refer to Senator Barrett's proposed amendment relating to the introduction of plain packaging. As the Senator is aware, Government approval was given yesterday to proceed with such legislation, and I am delighted with the Government's support and its decision in this regard. Despite the ban on tobacco...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Senator. Section 2 of the Bill repeals and revokes those provisions of the 1978 Act and the 1991 regulations in respect of tobacco products that were deemed to contain price fixing provisions by the European Court of Justice. I am very disappointed with the judgment. I am on record here in the past as saying that I want to tackle this and have written to Commissioner Borg about...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I have heard of burning at the cross but not burning at the crotch. It may be a new trend. I agree with the Senator that smoking while driving is a distraction and on that basis, it should be looked at. However, we want our laws to be very robust because the tobacco industry is notorious for going after every little chink or weakness it can. The tobacco industry has lost every single court...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Senators for their contributions. The main legislative provisions for the regulation of the private health insurance market are included in the Health Insurance Acts 1994 to 2012 and the regulations made under these Acts. The purpose of this legislation is to ensure the market is regulated appropriately. In addition to ensuring appropriate regulation, I have also consistently...

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I thank all Senators for their contributions and support. I did not mention Senator Marc MacSharry earlier because I had not heard what he had had to say. It is most unusual not to hear him. I mean this in a positive way.

Seanad: Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (29 May 2013)

James Reilly: I genuinely thank the Senator for sharing his personal experience with us because it is real and true of so many families who have lost loved ones and seen them suffer. It would have been all so unnecessary had we been more aggressive on tobacco policy in the past. Successful legal cases have been taken in the United States against companies for misleading people in advertising a product...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE is actively managing the recruitment process for the next rotation of Non-Consultant Hospital Doctors in order to ensure that as many as possible are recruited and that all critical service needs are met. (It should be noted that Registrars in Emergency Medicine are in short supply internationally.) A number of separate recruitment processes are currently underway including: -...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (30 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: Tobacco Control Measures (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: Smoking is the greatest single cause of preventable illness and premature death in Ireland, killing over 5,200 people a year. Ireland’s public health policy objective in relation to tobacco is to promote and subsequently move towards a tobacco free society. As this is a service matter, I have referred this question to the Health Service Executive for attention and direct reply to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Equipment (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: I am informed by the Health Service Executive that Claimsure is the Health Insurance System currently being used in Beaumont Hospital.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: The BreastCheck Programme provides free mammograms to all women aged 50-64. The Programme for Government includes the extension of BreastCheck to women in the 65-69 age group, in keeping with EU Guidelines on effective screening for breast cancer. The main priority for the HSE's National Cancer Screening Service (NCSS) at present is to maximise national uptake in the 50-64 year age cohort...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Treatment Abroad Scheme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together. The HSE operates a Treatment Abroad Scheme (TAS), for persons entitled to treatment in another EU/EEA member state or Switzerland under EU Regulation 1408/71 as per the procedures set out in EU Regulations 574/72, and in accordance with Department of Health Guidelines. Within these governing EU Regulations and the Department of Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (30 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: Cancer Screening Programme (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in women in Ireland. The lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 10% to 11% for the general population. Five to ten per cent of all breast cancers are explained by the presence of BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 gene mutations, which increases the lifetime risk to 60% to 80%. The HSE’s National Cancer Control Programme (NCCP)...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Departments Closures (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Access (30 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: Departmental Budgets (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: In the context of the forthcoming Budget, the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform has asked my Department to identify savings which will feed into the expenditure decisions by Government for the Estimates 2014 and the setting of future Ministerial ceilings. The identification of savings options should ensure that a sufficient range of proposals are made by all Departments to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (30 May 2013)

James Reilly: A significant reform programme has been underway in recent years in pre-hospital care services, to ensure a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system, supported by improved technology. The programme involves a number of measures, including the Performance Improvement Action Plan, development of the intermediate care service (ICS), the trial emergency aeromedical service (EAS), and...