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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I did not quite catch that comment, but I got a sense of it. At the end of November, 1,983,572 people in this country were in possession of either a medical card or a GP visit card. In fact, the numbers in receipt of both have risen by 500,000 in recent years. In other words, more people than ever have access to GP care under the GMS scheme. I am engaged in discussions with the Minister...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I did not talk about staged payments at all. There is no question that anybody would be denied legal representation. What I did say, however, was that I wanted to ensure that any funds we could procure in order to compensate for the pain, hardship, hurt and distress caused would go to those who suffered and not to members of the legal profession. That is one matter about which I am very...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I will begin by responding to Senator Colm Burke. He notes the full report will not be ready until June and is somewhat disappointed. I must respectfully say to him that this is the first time this has been done. It has been a running sore for 30-odd years. There has been an initial report in order that some changes can take place but to do the full job on this, particularly in respect of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Absolutely and there is that whole issue around nursing homes where historically, nursing home owners did not want people dying in the nursing homes, thereby giving them a bad reputation. We are trying to move away from that culture and explain to people that this is their home and most people want to die at their home. They do not wish to spend the last 12 hours of their lives sitting on a...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Births, marriages and deaths, or hatches, matches and dispatches, as they are referred to, are in a different section. Consequently, it is up to the GPs, who must play ball in this regard. The Deputy should not get me wrong, as in the main they are. I believe this is working well and this is the reason much of the work on the issue of probity etc. already has been done on this. This is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Perhaps Mr. Carter might expand on the intervention fund. He asked about the €30 million.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Dr. O’Halloran will address the nurse prescribing issue.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I will let Mr. O'Brien answer that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Fair play to Deputy Troy for getting as many questions in as he could. I can come back to Deputy Regina Doherty about scope and objectives regarding e-health and give her a very detailed answer. This is a hugely important initiative and we have nearly finished our ICT strategy, which will be ready in the next few weeks. It is critically important for the reform of the health service. I...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health and Children: Update on Health Issues: Minister for Health and HSE (16 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: It is not the intention that such would be the case. I do not know if I am in a position to give the Senator a cast iron guarantee that it could never happen but it was not designed for that purpose. It was designed for a number of reasons, as outlined by the chief nursing officer. It was a means of getting around the employment control framework so that additional staff could be made...

Ceisteanna - Questions (Resumed): Programme for Government Implementation (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: By publishing it.

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Investigations (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I have emphasised the importance of this matter to the HSE and requested they respond directly to the Deputy as a matter of urgency.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Information for the period from March 2011 to October 2012 is attached. Information for the period from November 2012 to date is being collated and will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as it is available. Title / subject matter of report Persons drafting report € Costs to date Has the report been completed? National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD) Annual Report 2010...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 590 and 591 together. In relation to the detailed information requested by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: Firstly I would like to extend my sympathies to the family of the person concerned. I am advised by the National Ambulance Service (NAS) that at 17.45 on 30 December 2013, the NAS received an emergency call for an incident in Carndonagh; the call was triaged as Clinical Status 1 Delta (life-threatening). The nearest available resources, a rapid response vehicle with an advanced paramedic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Staffing (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: In 2013 my Department authorised the introduction of a targeted voluntary redundancy facility in the HSE and in organisations funded by the HSE under Section 38 of the Health Act 2004. The purpose of the facility is to achieve a permanent reduction in numbers and to facilitate ongoing health sector reform. This facility will provide managers with the scope to reduce employee numbers in the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (21 Jan 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Accommodation Provision (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE has informed my Department that the patient in question was admitted to Galway University Hospital on Tuesday 14 January, 2014.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Care Services Provision (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: As the particular issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. Accordingly, I have arranged for the question to be referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Autism Support Services (21 Jan 2014)

James Reilly: As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. I have asked the HSE to look into the particular matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.