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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (26 Nov 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: Homeless Accommodation Funding (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and local authorities have statutory responsibility for the provision of homelessness services in Ireland in line with the National Homeless Strategy, 'The Way Home 2008-2013' and 'Pathway to Home'. Local authorities identify and address the level of need through a range of community based accommodation options and related...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: On 2 December 2011 my Department sought approval from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) for the appointment of CEOs for the Galway/Roscommon and the Mid-West Hospital Groups at salaries above €145,000. The approval of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to these arrangements was received on 13 December 2011. The posts were sanctioned on the basis of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: My priority as Minister for Health is to ensure that those diagnosed with narcolepsy following pandemic vaccination are provided with a wide range of services and supports to meet their health needs. Both the Health Service Executive and the Department of Education and Skills, at my request, are ensuring that those affected receive tailored assistance to address their individual...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (26 Nov 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: EU Funding (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The details requested are not readily available within my Department. The information is currently being compiled and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible. The element of the question relating to EU funding received by the HSE has been referred to that organisation for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Referrals (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: This is a matter for the medical profession in the first instance. The Medical Council as regulator of the medical profession is responsible for the Guide to Professional Conduct and Ethics for Registered Practitioners. Section sixty of the Guide sets out best practice in patient referral and in summary states that it is in the best interests of a patient that a general practitioner...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Recruitment (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The procedure for the approval of consultant posts in the public system and the determination of the number and type of appointments, are matters for the HSE. Under section 57 of the Health Act 2004, Comhairle na nOspidéal was dissolved on the Health Service Executive's establishment day, 1st January 2005, and its functions transferred to the Executive on that date. These included...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (26 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: For a medical consultant to engage in privately remunerated professional medical/dental practice, he/she must be the holder of a Consultant Contract that permits such practice. Over 85% of consultants hold Consultant Contract 2008, Type A, B or B*. Depending on contract type, a consultant may have no access to private practice (Type A contract holders), a cap of 20% private activity for...

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The Deputy could not event count the outpatients.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: Rubbish.

Leaders' Questions (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: That sounds very Sinn Féin-like.

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Stroke Facilities (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: I am very grateful to the Deputy for providing me with the opportunity to speak on this matter. Improvements in stroke services were envisioned in the Changing Cardiovascular Health: Cardiovascular Health Policy 2010-2019, which was launched in 2010. The policy establishes a framework for the prevention, detection and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, including stroke, which seeks to...

Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Stroke Facilities (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy again for raising this issue because it is unacceptable that it has taken two years to open this unit. Every other unit in the country has opened. The consequence of that is that we have gone from the bottom of the league in Europe to the top regarding the administration of thrombolysis, the blood clot busting drug that has saved so many lives. Moreover, the current...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: A key objective of the consultant contract 2008 is to improve access for public patients to public hospital care. The contract sets out clear rules on the level of private practice that may be undertaken by consultants, depending on the individual contract held, and the arrangements for measurement and management of the public/private mix. Consultants holding a Type A contract are not...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 183 and 184 together. As I have said in previous replies to Parliamentary Questions on this issue I have been advised that the circumstances surrounding this very unfortunate case were investigated by the Health Service Executive (HSE) under the National Incident Protocol following which 11 actions were recommended. The recommendations are as follows: 1....

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Promotion Issues (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: My Department has received Government approval for policy actions aimed at reducing the levels of smoking and drinking in Ireland. I would like to note at the outset that the figure of 29% of the population smoking, quoted by the OECD in their report, was sourced from the 2007 SLAN study. However, the latest figures from the National Tobacco Control Office in the HSE (collected in June...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The National AIDS Strategy Committee last met on the 29th May 2012. The majority of the members/representative bodies of the National AIDS Strategy Committee were also members of the Steering Group and working Groups established to develop the Sexual Health Strategy. The development of a National Sexual Health Strategy is nearing completion. I intend to submit the Strategy to Government for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disease Awareness (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: Lyme disease is an uncommon disease in Ireland. However, there is a need to increase awareness of the condition among clinicians and the general public. To this end, the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE intends to establish a group to review awareness of Lyme disease. It is intended that this group would be established in the New Year.

Written Answers — Department of Health: EU Directives (27 Nov 2013)

James Reilly: The achievement of compliance with the European Working Time Directive for non-consultant hospital doctors has been and will continue to be a priority of the Government, in order to improve patient safety as well as the working conditions of doctors. At my request, the HSE has established a senior-level team which, in the course of 2013, has been working intensively with every acute hospital...