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Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Since September 2011, Lyme Disease(orLyme borreliosis)has been statutorily notifiable, as neuroborreliosis,under the Infectious Diseases Regulations. Lyme disease can be very successfully treated using common antibiotics. These antibiotics are effective at clearing the rash and helping to prevent the development of complications. Antibiotics are generally given for up to three weeks. If...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I understand that the deputy is referring in his question to creative arts therapists. The Health and Social Care Professionals Council (the Council) and the 12 registration boards to be established under the Health and Social Care Professionals Act 2005 are responsible for protecting the public by promoting high standards of professional conduct and professional education, training and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 263 and 268 together. 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 264 and 265 together. The immunisation programme in Ireland is based on the advice of the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC). NIAC is a committee of the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland comprising of experts in a number of specialties including infectious diseases, paediatrics and public health. The committee's recommendations are informed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (4 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: Public Procurement Regulations (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: An insurance bond is an important condition and best practice in any construction contract. The purpose of an insurance bond is to ensure that a construction project can be delivered to the satisfaction of the contracting authority in the event that the contractor is not in a position to complete the project. As all parties to the bond are bound by its conditions, all have its legal...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Air Ambulance Service Provision (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In 2011, a number of approaches were made to my department to establish, at state cost or with state assistance, a helicopter ambulance service in the west of Ireland. Given the lack of emergency aeromedical support (EAS) data in an Irish context and the funding implications, it was decided to run a pilot project using existing state resources. The purpose was to determine the level and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: International Bodies Membership (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The information requested by the Deputy is currently being collated and will be forwarded to him as soon as it is available.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Female Genital Mutilation (4 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that the Criminal Justice (Female Genital Mutilation) Act 2011 was signed by the President in April 2011 and commenced on 20th September 2012. The Act explicitly prohibits Female Genital Mutilation along with related offences, which include removing a girl from the State for the purpose of FGM. A defence of custom or ritual in proceedings is not permitted; neither...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is fully committed to protecting front-line services, including services for children with disabilities, to the greatest extent possible, notwithstanding the financial constraints which the health sector must operate within. Significant resources have been invested by the health sector in recent years in services for children with disabilities. In particular, there is now an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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: Regulation of Sunbed Use (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 472 to 476, inclusive, 493, 512, 521, 522, 525, 529, 531, 532 and 557 together. I am aware that the Irish Cancer Society (ICS) has recently launched a campaign to highlight the need to protect young people from cancer-causing sunbeds. This campaign is focussed on the cancer risk associated with sunbed use and builds on earlier work undertaken by the ICS in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Drug-Related Deaths Index (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Irish National Drug-Related Deaths Index (NDRDI), which is maintained by the Health Research Board, is an epidemiological database which records deaths in Ireland due to drug and alcohol poisoning, and deaths among drug users and those who are alcohol dependent. I have been advised by the Health Research Board that information on 2010 deaths is the most recent data available. Data on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parent Held Record (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Parent Held Record (PHR) was first piloted in Ireland in the former Midwest area in 2000-2012. Evaluation of the pilot project has demonstrated an improvement in service quality – through provision of accurate, timely information and the empowerment of parents in the care of their child. The PHR is now in use in the former mid-west, north east and north-west areas. A process is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Health Nursing Service (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE Public Health Nursing service is responsible for child health monitoring, which involves a programme of screening interventions and supports for parents, starting at birth and extending through the pre-school years. In total there are nine timed age-related visits offered to children under the Child Health Surveillance Programme (CHSS). There are three associated KPIs regarding this...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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: Health Services Access (9 Jul 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 (9 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: Services for People with Disabilities (9 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: My Department is having enquiries made of the Health Service Executive in relation to the matter raised by the Deputy. I will be in further communication with the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (9 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...