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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific hospital appointment 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (3 Dec 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 Provision (3 Dec 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 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: National Treasury Management Agency Reports (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 448 together. Performance data relating to July 2013 was not available in time to publish an individual July 2013 report. Data relating to July 2013 has, however, been incorporated into the National Trend Analysis of Waiting Times Report, as is standard practice. The National Trend Analysis of Waiting Times is a report which demonstrates cumulative...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Freedom of Information Requests (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: A request under the Freedom of Information Acts 1997 and 2003 for the release of the documents in question is currently under consideration in my Department; a decision will be made in accordance with the provisions of that legislation.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 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 Prices (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In Budget 2014, the Minister for Finance announced a cap on tax relief on premia for private health insurance, whereby tax relief for medical insurance premiums will be restricted to the first €1,000 per adult and the first €500 per child insured. Any portion of premium paid in excess of these ceilings will no longer qualify for tax relief. The Minister for Finance has allowed...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I wish to categorically confirm for the Deputy that there is no question of the Dáil being misled in responses to previous Parliamentary Questions regarding this case. May I clarify the HSE's Risk and Incident Investigation procedure and its application in this case. The investigation of the circumstances surrounding this person's death was conducted in line with the HSE's Risk and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As e-cigarettes are not presented as medicinal products for smoking cessation or as medical devices with a therapeutic purpose they do not fall under the medicinal products or medical devices legislation. As electronic cigarettes do not contain tobacco they are currently not regulated under tobacco legislation. Products which do not fall under any other regulatory framework come under the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Regulation (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Following a competitive EU tendering process, Goodbody Stockbrokers and Matheson Ormsby Prentice Solicitors were appointed in 2011 as financial and legal advisors to make recommendations on options to address the imbalance in the private health insurance market. The report examined the structure of the market, the position of existing insurers in the market and the question of rebalancing...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific information sought by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it was referred to the HSE for direct reply. I have been informed by the HSE that they are in the process of gathering the detailed information sought by the Deputy and will forward it as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The are currently no plans to introduce Meningococcal group B (Meningitis B) vaccine in Ireland, however should the National Immunisation Advisory Committee advice recommend its inclusion into the primary childhood immunisation programme in Ireland, my Department, in association with the Health Service Executive National Immunisation Office will examine the issue.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The management of inpatient and day-case 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...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Governance (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: In October 2013 there were 15,531 management / administrative staff employed in the HSE and agencies funded by the HSE, which represents 15.4% of total staff; management/administrative staff numbers have reduced by 2,890 since a peak in September 2007. In the context of the employment control framework numbers employed in the health service must be further reduced. While it is a matter for...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: For 2013, a maximum waiting time target of 12 months has been set for a first time consultant-led outpatient appointment and this is reflected in the HSE Service Plan. The SDU and the NTPF are working closely with hospitals towards achievement of the maximum waiting time. Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As this is a service matter I have requested the Health Service Executive to investigate and respond directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Organ Donation (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: My Department is currently developing legislative proposals for the introduction of an opt-out system of consent for organ donation. I believe that the opt-out system is integral to changing our awareness of, and attitude towards, organ donation. It is hoped to make organ donation the norm in Ireland. My Department recently undertook a public consultation on the practicalities of...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013 provides for a permanent risk equalisation scheme in the private health insurance market from 1 January 2013. It provides the legal framework for risk equalisation in 2013. My policy objectives are to have a risk equalisation scheme that will continue to be as effective as possible in providing the necessary support in terms of community rating,...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Committee Stage (3 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1: In page 3, line 29, after “hospital” to insert “where a charge is payable under section 55 of the Health Act 1970 for such stay”.Section 55 of the Health Act 1970 will come into effect from 1 January 2014. This amendment to the definition of "relevant amount" in the health insurance Acts clarifies that the hospital bed utilisation credit...