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Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank Deputy Keating for raising this matter. I am pleased to take this opportunity to outline the current position in respect of the standard of care provided to residents by the Stewarts Care organisation in Dublin. Stewarts Care is a charitable foundation, with a long tradition in the provision of care for people with intellectual disability. The institution was the first in Ireland...

Topical Issue Debate: Services for People with Disabilities (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the Deputy again for raising this issue. A priority for the Minister of State, Deputy Kathleen Lynch, and I is to ensure that the most vulnerable in society have a voice. It was extraordinary that there was no inspectorate to safeguard standards in the care and support for people with disabilities, many of whom cannot speak up for themselves. It is interesting that new people can...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 210 and 227 together. As has been reported extensively, a considerable number of Section 38 agencies have been found to be in breach of Government pay policy with regard to the remuneration of senior staff. I have requested urgent action to ensure that every agency is fully compliant with Government pay policy. The HSE has a team of senior managers...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The organisation in question applied for National Lottery funding in 2011, 2012 and 2013. A National Lottery grant of €5,000 was awarded to the organisation in 2011. Each year applications to the Department for National Lottery grants far exceed the funding available and it is not possible to assist every organisation that applies.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 212 to 214, inclusive, together. Implementation of Consultant Contract 2008 is a matter for the HSE in the first instance. The Contract sets out clear rules on the permitted ratios of public-private practice and the measures to ensure that these provisions are complied with. Depending on contract type, a consultant may have no access to private practice...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Disbursement (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I have requested the Health Service Executive to respond directly to the Deputy in relation to the specific issues raised.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Parliamentary Questions Numbers (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The HSE's commitment, set out in the 2013 Service Plan, is to respond to 75% of parliamentary questions within 15 working days of referral. The HSE is currently responding to over 80% of parliamentary questions within 15 days of referral and 57% within 10 days. 2014 will be a challenging year but the goal is to continue to maintain and improve those response times within that overall...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Infectious Disease Screening Service (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre is establishing a Lyme Borreliosis Group whose aim will be to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention measures in order to minimise the harm caused by Lyme Borreliosis in Ireland based on best international evidence. The remit of the Group will also include raising awareness amongst both clinicians and the general public and exploring ways...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Accountability for the management of services is a matter for the Health Service Executive to address within the ambit of its Vote (Vote 39). The level of health services to be delivered each year within the available funding is set out in the HSE's annual National Service Plan. As the Deputy's question relates to a service matter, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Strategy (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As Minister for Health, I have made overweight and obesity and in particular childhood overweight and obesity, a public health priority and have established a Special Action Group on Obesity (SAGO) whom I meet with regularly to progress the obesity agenda. The Special Action Group on Obesity comprises representatives from the Departments of Health, Children and Youth Affairs, Education and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The Public Service Agreements 2010 - 2016 provide for the increased use of staff redeployment arrangements within the health service and across different sectors of the public service. All staffing arrangements have to be considered in the light of the current budgetary pressures in the health service and the need to reduce the numbers employed throughout the public sector. This has been...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I am pleased to address the House on Second Stage of the Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013. As Senators will be aware, the Bill passed through all stages in the Dáil recently. The main objective of the Bill is to specify the amount of risk equalisation credits in respect of age, gender and level of cover that is payable to insurers from the risk equalisation fund from 1 March 2014...

Seanad: Health Insurance (Amendment) Bill 2013: Second Stage (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank all those Senators who contributed to the debate. This is important legislation to underpin the principle of community rating, on which both sides of the House agree. Senator Sean D. Barrett mentioned not asking the age of customers applying for insurance. Unfortunately, to assess them for risk equalisation credits, we have to know their age, but I take in good stead what then...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I thank the select committee for giving me the opportunity to bring this Supplementary Estimate for Vote 39 before it. The total additional funding being sought for the Health Service Executive is €219 million. However, I am allocating savings of €20 million which have been identified within my Department’s Vote towards the HSE requirement; thus, the net cost to the...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Deputy Kelleher's passion is alarming.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Yes.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: I know, but one likes to answer the questions one is asked if one can, for the information of members, in the interests of transparency and accountability.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: Gabh mo leithscéal, a Chathaoirligh.

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The pension payment reduction was mentioned by Deputy Kelleher. Mr. Tom Byrne will be very happy to address that. The underspend in capital was also mentioned by Deputy Kelleher and Ms Bairbre Ni Aonghusa will address that. Can I take the opportunity to thank both the members of the Department and the HSE for being here? The issue of longevity was raised by a number of people. I would...

Committee on Health and Children: Select Sub-Committee on Health: Estimates for Public Services 2013
Vote 39 - Health Service Executive (Supplementary) (12 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: The facts speak for themselves. Deputy Healy can have his views but if he looks at the facts and statistics that are verified not just by me but by the Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation in respect of the quality counts and the ESRI in respect of our public hospitals and what they have achieved in the past few-----