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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: There are no staff currently seconded to my Department from the Department of the Taoiseach. As regards other Departments, there is one statistician from the Central Statistics Office currently working in my Department on a secondment basis. However there are a number of staff currently seconded/temporarily transferred to my Department from other Offices/Health Agencies including the Office...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Screening Programmes (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As outlined in the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 193 of 27 November 2013, the CervicalCheck screening programmes is offered free of charge to all patients. This includes CervicalCheck colposcopy services which are operated through out-patient departments in 15 hospitals. Women attending CervicalCheck colposcopy services are not charged for out-patient department services unless it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: There is a total of 7 WTE staff in my Department who have a direct role in communications and public relations. There have been no consultancies engaged to date in 2013 in respect of these functions.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Staff Data (5 Dec 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff Issues (5 Dec 2013)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Agencies Staff Remuneration (5 Dec 2013)

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

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and the joint committee for facilitating this meeting. This is a very important public health initiative and the Bill will protect children from a habit that kills one in two people who take it up. I am pleased to be joined by the Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Tony Holohan, and Ms Geraldine Luddy from the Department. I do not know if familiarity breeds contempt, but in...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Tá a lán ceisteanna anseo. I thank Deputy Ó Caoláin for his support. I think he mentions that the jury is still out on this issue but I would dispute that with him. There is a whole host of reports from the past two years, in the order of 37 different studies and reports. An analysis done by Moodie et al in 2012 suggests that standardised packaging can reduce the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Would the Chair like me to deal with the issues raised by Senator Burke before he leaves?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I will ask Dr. Holohan to talk about how we are going to track the progress of the tobacco-free Ireland initiative and similar initiatives, such as the campaign aimed at pregnant women.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Absolutely.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Mitchell O'Connor asked about the campaign aimed at pregnant women. I think it is a very worthwhile campaign. There was a similar campaign a couple of years ago. Deputy Catherine Byrne made a proposal regarding nicotine replacement therapy in this context. I will certainly examine that. We would have to get it costed. It is important to send out a message from today's meeting...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Yes, it was recommended in the Tobacco Free Ireland report. The Department is on the ball. Senator Crown referred to threats from the American Chamber of Commerce and he is correct that letters were written to try to intimidate us. They were not written by the American Chamber of Commerce but by people represented by the chamber who described themselves as something else. I believe there...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: We must be clear and calm about this issue. This is a very serious public health measure on which we will not be deterred by anybody. Irish people have a right to self-determination and the role of Members is to represent them. The vast bulk of Irish people support our position on this matter. This affords me an opportunity to consult my iPad to cite the findings of a survey conducted by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I have strong memories of a similar issue from the past, when people were buying, for example, very expensive cameras abroad. If one was caught with them here and could not provide a receipt or proof of where one had purchased it, one was in trouble.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: When they all come deluging in we will be able to give clear evidence of who they are, rather than supposition that could allow people to accuse us of being-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill: Discussion with Minister for Health (5 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank everybody for their support. I am looking forward to the hearings. I have no doubt they will inform us in a very real way in the production and publication of the Bill. I am aware that retailers have had concerns in the past, but this morning's news, which was on the Internet last night, that Ireland is now the best country in the world in which to do business - not just the best...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (10 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: he 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 Services (10 Dec 2013)

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