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Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Savings (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The measures applying to my Department, and agencies under the aegis of my Department, are set out in the relevant sectoral collective agreement under Haddington Road, in this case in Appendix 4 (Collective Agreement for Civil Service and NCSSBs) and Appendix 7 (Proposals for Collective Agreements in the Health Sector). As stated by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (17 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...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I can clarify this matter because I have been through it in the other House.

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: We are dealing with amendment No. 2 but are also referring to amendments Nos. 3, 18 and 43 to 45, inclusive, which relate to the same topic and are thereby discussed together. Amendments Nos. 3, 18 and 43 to 45, inclusive, relate to the same topic and are to be discussed together. They will be voted on separately when we reach the relevant sections. I thank people for their very good...

Seanad: Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill 2013: Committee Stage (17 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The bottom line is that he did not say there were virtually no supports available. He stated that dialectical behavioural therapy was not freely available. He also pointed out during that conversation that this was useful in treating people who are emotionally disturbed with a personality disorder. To suggest that women finding themselves in this group all fall into that category is not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Services for People with Disabilities (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is committed to the provision and development of services for children with disability including those with autism. Significant resources have been invested in recent years in the health sector in these services and the HSE provides a range of community and residential services including therapeutic services and respite. The HSE is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 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: HSE Staffing (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: There is no early retirement scheme currently available or planned for employees of the Health Service Executive during 2013. The Deputy may wish to note that theFinancial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act 2013 provides for a further "grace period" from 1 July 2013 to the end of August 2014. During this period those retiring and who were subject to the pay reductions under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: As Minister for Health I have no responsibility to the Dail in this matter.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The establishment of the National Health Innovation Hub is one of seven 'Disruptive Reforms' included in the Government's Action Plan for Jobs 2013. The aim is to establish a Hub to drive collaboration between the health system and the enterprise sector leading to the development and commercialisation of new healthcare technologies, products and services, emerging from within the health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Information and Communications Technology Issues (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: In addition to providing for its own ICT needs, my Department provides ICT services to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs and its associated agencies, the Adoption Authority of Ireland, the Office of the Ombudsman for Children and the Family Support Agency on a shared-service basis. The approach of my Department has been to utilise appropriate technologies to provide modern and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Arising out of the Irish Presidency Informal meeting of EU Health Ministers in March, at which Childhood Obesity was a major theme, the EU Commissioner supported the Irish request to mandate the EU High Level Group on Nutrition and Physical Activity to draw up an Action Plan to address Childhood Obesity. All Ministers attending the Informal meeting agreed that childhood obesity is a priority...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (18 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: Medical Card Eligibility (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: Regulation (EC) 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 provide for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, within the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. This objective of the Regulation is to ensure that persons exercising their right to move and to stay freely within the EU/EEA and Switzerland do not suffer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: The Report on the establishment of Hospital Groups which I launched on 14 May is the most radical and most fundamental modernisation of our health system infrastructure since the State’s foundation. To achieve the most effective high quality outcomes for patients in the most cost efficient manner possible, the reform of the structures and governance for the delivery of hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (18 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: Health Strategies (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: As I advised in February, a high level steering group is leading the development of the Strategy. The steering group is due to meet next week with a view to signing off on the draft strategy which will then be submitted to me for my consideration with a view to publishing in the autumn.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: My Department is examining the appropriate structures for the responsibilities that might be assigned to the Patient Safety Agency (PSA). The role and inter-relationship of the PSA with the reforming health system needs to be carefully designed and developed. My Department is liaising with the Health Service Executive on the details surrounding the establishment of the PSA to ensure an...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I believe that structural reform of the health service is key to addressing the problems within our current health system and is also critical in the journey to UHI. Getting the structure right will be a complex task and as such, each phase of the transition will be evaluated carefully as we progress towards UHI. The Government has committed to a major programme of reform, involving the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (18 Jul 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to inform the Deputy that I am considering policy proposals on the regulation of Assisted Human Reproduction and related matters, including stem cell research.