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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and daycase waiting lists for patients awaiting public health care is based on the principle that after urgent and cancer patients are treated, then clinically assessed routine patients should be seen in chronological order (i.e. longest waiter first). Should the patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Funding (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations, providing a range of health related services. The total annual allocation of this fund is €3.286m. Based on the details supplied the proposal would appear to be a substantial construction project. On this basis it would be more appropriate for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Expenditure (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1562 to 1564, inclusive, together. Under Section 39 of the Health Act 2004, organisations may receive ancillary grants from the HSE to provide a service similar or ancillary to a service that the HSE may provide. It is for the Executive to determine the maximum amount of funding that it proposes to make available in any year and the level of service it...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) blood test is an initial test in the diagnosis of prostate cancer. While raised PSA levels can indicate prostate cancer, they can also arise in cases of certain benign prostate conditions, e.g. prostatitis. On average, two out of every three men who have a raised PSA level will not, on further examination, turn out to have prostate cancer. Also, there...

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

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, accountability for the management of services is a matter for the HSE to address within the ambit of its Vote (Vote 39). The level of health services to be delivered within the available funding for 2013 has been set out in the HSE National Service Plan for 2013, which I approved in January. The HSE will provide in the order of €1.5 billion in 2013 to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1576 and 1577 together. Your questions in relation to responsibility for HSE West public procurement and the publication date of the latest HSE West tender have been referred to the Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Public Procurement Contracts Tenders (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 1578 to 1580, inclusive, together. In relation to the specific queries raised by the Deputy, as these are service matters they have been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cochlear Implants (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: The report of the National Audiology Review Group, published by the HSE in 2011, includes a recommendation that continued ring-fenced financial support be provided for the cochlear implant programme but at levels which allow for simultaneous bilateral implantation for children. It is estimated that there are approximately 200 children in Ireland today who may be suitable for a second...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing and Midwifery Metrics (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: Nursing and midwifery metrics are an agreed standard of measurement that provides an indication of the quality of nursing and midwifery care delivery. Nursing and midwifery metrics are operational in a range of sites nationally. In 2012 the HSE Office of Nursing and Midwifery Services led on an initiative to standardise nursing and midwifery metrics across 3 regions – North West,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The HSE subsequently published its own Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Rare Diseases Strategy Publication (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: Work on the drafting of a national plan is well underway with publication of it earmarked for the end of the year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Domestic Violence Refuges (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: In 2010 the National Strategy on Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence was published. It aims to provide a framework for sustainable intervention to prevent and effectively respond to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence and is lead by Cosc which is the National Office for the Prevention of Domestic, Sexual and Gender-based Violence. The HSE subsequently published its own Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Recruitment (18 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: Agencies under the remit of this Department regularly use the Public Appointments Service (PAS) to fill vacancies. My Department requests the agencies under its remit to refer the filling of vacancies to the PAS in the first instance. It will continue to promote PAS on an ongoing basis.

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I thank both Deputies for giving me the opportunity to update the House on the current position in the provision of additional funding for mental health services in 2013. Following on from the special allocation of €35 million and 414 posts provided for mental health in 2012, an additional €35 million was allocated in budget 2013 for the continued development of our mental...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: I thank both Members for raising this important issue. It is emotive, particularly at this time of year as some children leave the school system and others enter examinations year. Intellectual disability is also to the fore given the issues parents face about the placement of their children in the adult services when they leave school. I had a conversation with a departmental official...

Topical Issue Debate: Mental Health Services Provision (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: There is an opportunity through this office to put mental health on the curriculum. We are forever saying we want to destigmatise it and that it should be treated the same way as other health issues. It does not make sense that we should not start talking about it until children are in their late teens. We should be talking about it much earlier.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (19 Sep 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: Hospital Facilities (19 Sep 2013)

James Reilly: This Government's policy to ensure that patients with cystic fibrosis receive the right care at the right time and in the right environment - that is, dedicated accommodation in an environment which allows appropriate isolation for improved infection control. There have been a number of developments in this area in recent years including the new Nutley Wing (opened summer 2012) at St...