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Seanad: Protection of Children's Health from Tobacco Smoke Bill 2012: Committee Stage (19 Dec 2013)

James Reilly: As drafted, this amendment is not acceptable as it includes drivers of a private vehicle in a list of owners and managers of workplaces. The provision relating to smoking in cars should be a stand alone provision within the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts and not included in the current workplace smoking ban. In addition, the liability of the non-smoking driver is one of the issues raised by...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I wish everybody a happy and healthy new year. I thank the joint committee for giving me the opportunity to make this presentation on the 2014 national service plan. I am joined by my colleagues from the Department of Health, Ms. Bairbre Nic Aongusa, assistant secretary, and Ms Fiona Prendergast and Mr. John Keegan, principal officers. I am also joined by the director general of the HSE,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I will endeavour to do my best. Deputy Kelleher raised the issue of a change in the wording of the service plan following the Cabinet meeting. First, I ask whether he takes as fact everything he reads in the newspapers. Much of it is not fact. What is factual is that the wording did change and the rationale behind the change was the fact that the Cabinet committee was able to agree a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: With Fianna Fáil’s record-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: We did not interrupt Deputy Kelleher, so perhaps he would be good enough to leave us to make our contribution uninterrupted. Deputy Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin asked from where the €113 million figure for medical card probity had come. The figure provided was €133 million. A sum of €20 million was provided for in the original Health Service Executive plan and...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Senator van Turnhout raised the issue of palliative care, as did Deputy Mitchell O'Connor. A substantial budget is directed at it but it is true that much additional money is spent on end-of-life care. Most of us would like to see people being able to end their lives at home and, if not, at least in a hospice. Mr. Ian Carter, the director of acute hospitals, has taken an interest in this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: It has, on numerous occasions, not just the buildings mentioned but also primary care centres that might be suitable. However, I shall not go into detail here as it would not be appropriate. The Senator also asked for outpatient figures. We are waiting for a tiny bit of work to be done on the figures which will be done during the course of the week and then I will provide him with the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Regina Doherty's questions were aimed mainly at Mr. O'Brien and concerned reduced staff numbers and the figure of €174 million. Senator John Crown talked about the low number of obstetricians. We must examine the model of care in this regard and whether pressure could be relieved in the delivery of babies of young mothers in hospitals if we looked outside the box a little...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: As a consequence of that report, there was a further report. We now have in place Mr. Thomas Byrne, the chief financial officer. Within his remit, he has a complete reform board for financial reform within the HSE. We know there are 11 systems from the old health boards. Equally, we know there are literally hundreds of IT systems throughout the health service. Somebody mentioned a figure...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: That is not for today. This is the service plan, not the capital plan.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I do not yet have a date for the committee but it will be in the coming weeks.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Mr. O'Brien will address the issue raised by Senator van Turnhout.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Health Service Plan 2014: Minister for Health and HSE (14 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I thank the Chairman and committee members for their time. We will be back in another 48 hours and can answer any questions left unanswered then. Hopefully, we will address Senator van Turnhout's concerns further then. Patient safety is the first and foremost concern in regard to all of this. For a long time, I have talked about focusing on better outcomes for patients and on seeing more...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Allowance Payments (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 734 and 786 together. I understand that these queries arose in the context of litigation proceedings which, following the provision of relevant details to the legal representatives of the person concerned, have now been satisfactorily resolved.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 735 and 736 together. As the Deputies will be aware, under current Irish tobacco control legislation, a retailer wishing to sell tobacco products, whether over the counter or from a self-service vending machine, must register with the HSE National Tobacco Control Office and be placed on the Retail Register for the sale of tobacco products. Under the Public...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Regulatory Impact Assessment Usage (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: In line with the Regulatory Impact Assessment Guidelines (RIA) published by the Department of the Taoiseach, my Department is undertaking a Regulatory Impact Analysis on the proposed legislation for the introduction of standardised packaging for tobacco products. Consultation with relevant stakeholders is an integral part of the RIA process, which will consider the costs, benefits and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 739, 741, 750 and 771 together. The Epilepsy National Clinical Care Programme provides for the commissioning of a Regional Epilepsy Monitoring Unit to provide accessible, comprehensive care for patients in the Southern area, particularly those with acutely unstable and disabling chronic Epilepsy. The Executive Management Board of Cork University Hospital...

Written Answers — Department of Health: National Treatment Purchase Fund Issues (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The information sought by the Deputy is not readily available. However, I have asked the Health Service Executive to supply this information to me and I will forward it to the Deputy as soon as possible.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (15 Jan 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (15 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.