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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: There has been no capital spending incurred directly within my Department as a result of measures undertaken as part of the 2011 Jobs Initiative.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Centres Provision (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Service Executive, HSE is working with the National Development Finance Agency, NDFA, to progress Primary Care Centre Public Private Partnership. The HSE has appointed design teams and technical advisors for the project. The HSE and NDFA have completed an indicative Public Sector Benchmark, PSB, which was presented to the Project Board for consideration of affordability in early...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Management (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Since September 2011, Lyme disease has been a notifiable disease under the Infectious Diseases Regulations. The standard approach to the treatment of Lyme Disease is to follow the guidance laid out in the Infectious Diseases Society of America guidelines on the clinical assessment, treatment and prevention of Lyme disease. This is accepted as being the most up to date synthesis of best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: While it is accepted that defibrillators should be placed in facilities where the incidence of cardiac arrest is likely to be high, this requires further assessment from a cost-health benefit perspective and also that the first responder programme can be delivered in a safe and appropriate manner. For this reason, a health technology assessment is underway and this will guide how best to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (1 Oct 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 Insurance Levy Issues (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Risk equalisation is a mechanism designed to support the objective of a community rated private heath insurance market, whereby all customers pay the same amount for the same health insurance policy, irrespective of age, gender or health status. An effective and robust Risk Equalisation Scheme, RES, is required in order to protect affordability for those who need it most. The Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Recruitment (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Comprehensive, multi-level approaches are required to address the obesity epidemic. For this reason, I established a Special Action Group on Obesity, SAGO, with which I meet regularly to progress the obesity prevention agenda. SAGO is concentrating on a range of measures and initiatives to help reverse the growing prevalence of obesity in the Irish population. Revised Healthy Eating...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Prescriptions Data (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Snapshots of the level of prescribing of benzodiazepines and z-drugs were taken In November 2011, March 2012 and November 2012, and provided to all GMS GPs in February 2012, July 2012 and April 2013 respectively. Three pieces of information were provided to them: the prescribing frequency standardised for gender/panel profile of benzodiazepines and z-drugs; the number of patients who were...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter, I have asked the HSE to respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Infrastructure (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Delivery of healthcare infrastructure and financial management is a service issue. Therefore your question has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Impact Assessment Data (1 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Since 2011, Regulatory Impact Assessments have been carried out in relation to the Bills listed in the following table. Name of Bill Public Health (Tobacco)(Amendment) Bill 2011 Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) Bill 2012 Health (Amendment) Bill 2013

Leaders' Questions (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: Even Mattie is quiet.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Haddington Road Agreement Issues (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Haddington Road Agreement (HRA) is a critical enabler for employers and organisations, across the full spectrum of the public health sector, to make their contribution to the cost reductions required by Government and to support the public service reform agenda. All agencies funded by the HSE, including Section 39 agencies, are required to make an appropriate and proportionate...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Special Educational Needs Staffing (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Government is fully committed to protecting frontline 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: National Treatment Purchase Fund Waiting Times (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: In July 2011 I announced changes to the remit of the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF), namely that its role would be changed to support the mission of the Special Delivery Unit (SDU). The NTPF/SDU are working closely with hospitals towards achievement of maximum waiting time targets. I am advised that, as part of this work in 2012, funding was set aside from the 2012 NTPF allocation...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) published the Pre-hospital Emergency Care Key Performance Indicators for Emergency Response Time in October 2012. They developed a set of key performance indicators (KPIs), which classify 112/999 emergency calls by clinical status. Clinical Status 1 ECHO calls involve life-threatening emergencies of cardiac or respiratory origin. Clinical...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: A Chronic Pain Service was developed in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda during 2012. This Service was not part of the Service Plan for the Louth Meath Hospital Group, but rather an adjunct service provided by a Consultant Anaesthetist who had the appropriate skills and a particular interest in the provision of such a service. The service ran from February 2012 to December 2012 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Data (2 Oct 2013)

James Reilly: As this is an service matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.