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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (27 Feb 2014)

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: Hospital Staff Recruitment (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. In order to mitigate the impact on frontline services of the reduction in employment numbers, the priority is to reform how health services are delivered in order to ensure a more productive and cost effective health system. The revised working...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: My Department published the report “Health Care Quality Indicators in the Irish Health System: Examining the Potential of Hospital Discharge Data using the Hospital Inpatient Enquiry System” on the 17 February 2014. The purpose of the report was to assess the feasibility of using the HIPE system to derive healthcare quality indicators that could be used in the future to measure...

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (27 Feb 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: Nursing Staff Provision (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet its fiscal and budgetary targets. Currently there are 34,300 nurses employed. This number has to be considered in conjunction with the numbers of Health Care Assistants which now stands at 2,878. In order to mitigate the impact on frontline services of the reduction in employment numbers, the priority is to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the Deputy's further question in this matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: Last May I announced a reorganisation of public hospitals into more efficient and accountable hospital groups that will deliver improved outcomes for patients. This represents the most fundamental reform of the Irish acute hospital system in decades. Each group of hospitals will work together as single cohesive entities managed as one, to provide acute care for patients in their area,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Universal Health Insurance Provision (27 Feb 2014)

James Reilly: The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance (UHI), where there is fair access to services based on need, not on ability to pay. The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance will provide details on the various organisations and their functions that will be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Charges (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: The Government is embarking on a major reform programme for the health system, the aim of which is to deliver a single-tier health service, supported by universal health insurance, where access is based on need, not income.   Moving to UHI will involve a radical change to the way in which we organise and finance our health system.  Under UHI, the State will still be responsible...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Reports (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 387 to 389, inclusive, and 465 together. As the Deputy will be aware, there is no requirement to carry out a Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA) as part of the policy development process, or in order to make policy recommendations. The Revised RIA Guidelines published by the Department of the Taoiseach in 2009 makes it clear that RIA applies only to Policy...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Issues (4 Mar 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: Health Services Staff Remuneration (4 Mar 2014)

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 Waiting Lists (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the Deputy's further question in this matter, as this is a service issue, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Reports (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: A literature review of Independent Hospital Trusts was requested from the Health Research Board by my Department in 2012, to inform policy development. It is regarded as best practice that academic articles and reviews undergo peer review prior to publication. The Health Research Board advised my Department that the peer review undertaken identified a requirement for some further work on...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Procedures (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the particular patient query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Narcolepsy Issues (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 400 and 401 together. In 2010 the Swedish and Finnish authorities reported an increased numbers of cases of Narcolepsy following the use of Pandemrix. Following reports to the Irish Medicines Board of narcolepsy cases among children and adolescents who were vaccinated with Pandemrix, a retrospective population based study was conducted and led by the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: An advance healthcare directive is a statement made by an individual with capacity setting out his/her will and preferences regarding treatment decisions that may arise in the future in the event that s/he lacks the capacity to provide consent to or to refuse those treatments. The advance healthcare directive has been recognised as an expression of an individual’s autonomy and as a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Remuneration (4 Mar 2014)

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: Health Services Reports (4 Mar 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Recruitment (4 Mar 2014)

James Reilly: The Government has decided that the numbers employed across the public service must be reduced in order to meet fiscal and budgetary targets. In order to mitigate the impact on frontline services of the reduction in employment numbers, the priority is to reform how health services are delivered in order to ensure a more productive and cost effective health system. The revised working...