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Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is fully committed to protecting frontline services, including services for children with disabilities and autism, to the greatest extent possible, notwithstanding the financial constraints within which the health sector must operate. The HSE aims to ensure that therapy resources, such as Speech and Language Therapy services, are used to best effect. There has been...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The communication of information on cancer risk and carrier probability is not straightforward. There is a degree of uncertainty with respect to the probability of inheriting a predisposing genetic mutation, of gene penetrance and hence of developing cancer. People who are concerned about a family history of breast cancer may require information to help them deal with the complex medical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Preventative Medicine (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer diagnosed in women in Ireland. A comprehensive symptomatic breast service is available for women in the eight designated cancer centres. Most cases of breast cancer arise in women with no apparent close family history. The majority of people with a family history of breast cancer will not be at substantially increased risk. Women at...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 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: Proposed Legislation (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 689 and 693 together. I can confirm that legislation will be implemented to regulate the use of sunbeds. This Bill has priority drafting and Officials of the Department are working closely with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel to complete the drafting of this legislation. This legislation will prohibit the use of sunbeds on a sunbed premises by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine this matter and to reply to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Improving access to outpatient services is a key priority for the Government. Collaborating with individual hospitals, the SDU, together with the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF) and the HSE, has developed the outpatient waiting list minimum dataset. This allows data to be submitted to the NTPF from hospitals on a weekly basis and, for the first time, outpatient data is available on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hazardous Waste Disposal (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I would like to advise the Deputy that I have no function in relation to the matter raised. Matters relating to hazardous waste are the responsibility of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Matters relating to radiological safety come within the ambit of the Radiological Protection Institute of Ireland (RPII). Both of these public authorities come under the auspices of the Minister for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (2 Jul 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: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: A significant reform programme is underway in the HSE to reconfigure the management and delivery of pre-hospital emergency care services. Under Future Health: A Strategic Framework for Health Reform in Ireland 2012-2015, this will ensure a clinically driven, nationally coordinated system to support all pre-hospital emergency care activity in the State. The National Ambulance Service (NAS)...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the committee for accommodating the delayed start. Section 1 provides for the Short Title and commencement of the Bill.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I will be advised by the Chair.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I would prefer to get into the substantive business of the meeting.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Amendment No. 1 deals with the commencement date for the Bill. The absence of a specific commencement date is due to the fact that operational issues will need to be addressed before the Bill can be commenced. For example, section 11 will require the HSE to establish a panel of medical practitioners for the formal medical review provisions. This process will entail contacting the relevant...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: It will be as soon as is practicable. Virtually everything is provided for in the primary legislation and there will be little to do by way of regulation, other than forms and notifications. The real problems pertain to operational matters such as formal panels. When we reach the relevant sections, Deputies will realise the difficulties that arise as a consequence of some of the proposed...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Perhaps the Deputy is alluding to consent rather than capacity in respect of the broader terms of mental capacity.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: That legislation is with the Department of Justice and Equality and is being worked on as a separate issue. We did not want use the Bill to address myriad unrelated issues which are nonetheless very important for the operation of the Bill. I do not see it being delayed on that basis. The only basis on which the Bill will be delayed is operational issues and I hope any delay will only be a...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Yes.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: To be clear, we are talking about review panels which will review a decision to refuse a certification to a woman when she requests it herself, or an agent on her behalf. These are the panels that have to be put in place and the HSE is working on that at the moment with the various institutes and colleges. That will not take a very long time, but I cannot foresee every problem that might...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (2 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: A memorandum is on its way to the Government-----