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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Safety Standards Review (13 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has policy responsibility for the sale of raw milk. I am aware that the Food Standards Agency in the UK is currently conducting a review of its controls in relation to raw milk and I have asked the Food Safety Authority of Ireland to notify the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine when the outcome of this review is known.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (13 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: Further to previous PQs No's. 254 and 265, the Deputy will be aware of the report “Health Care Quality Indicators in the Irish Health System: Examining the Potential of Hospital Discharge Data using the Hospital Inpatient Enquiry System” and will be aware of the background. The report highlighted a number of variations with a small number of hospitals being identified as...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: In relation to the detailed information requested 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 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: Hospital Waiting Lists (13 Mar 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: Alcohol Sales Legislation (13 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: The Government has approved an extensive package of measures to deal with alcohol misuse to be incorporated in a Public Health (Alcohol) Bill. These measures are based on the recommendations contained in the Steering Group Report on a National Substance Misuse Strategy, 2012. The package of measures to be implemented will include provision for minimum unit pricing, regulation of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety (13 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: As Minister for Health, patient safety is a major priority for me. This commitment is borne out by my decision to establish a new Patient Safety Agency (PSA). The PSA will be established initially on an administrative basis within the HSE structures in 2014. The HSE will establish a Board to oversee the PSA and agree its initial governance and operational arrangements. A key role for the...
- Order of Business (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: That is a lot of agreement altogether.
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter, which has been the subject of some speculation recently, and I welcome this opportunity to clarify the matter for the House. Dublin Fire Brigade provides emergency ambulance services in Dublin city and county by arrangement between Dublin City Council and the HSE. The HSE National Ambulance Service also provides some emergency capacity in the...
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: It is not merely a HSE review.
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: The review will consider all aspects of ambulance operations provided by the Dublin Fire Brigade in Dublin, including the capacity and capability of ambulance services. This will inform consideration of the optimal and best-value model for provision of emergency medical services in Dublin. It is part of the process of ensuring a clinically driven, nationally co-ordinated system supported by...
- Topical Issue Debate: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: I understand the concern of the Deputy about what is an excellent service and anything he construes as impairing it. Far from it; this is designed to improve the service. It may transpire that the report will make unexpected findings which Deputies in this House are presupposing. It is not fair to compare an urban service like the one in Dublin with rural services in the light of the...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 980 and 1028 together. 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 the Deputy directly.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (25 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: Hospital Appointment Status (25 Mar 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: Universal Health Insurance Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance, currently at an advanced stage of drafting, provides detailed information on the UHI model for Ireland, the process for determining the future basket of health services, including the services that will covered under UHI, and the funding of UHI. Following a recent initial discussion at Cabinet on the White Paper, the issue will return to Cabinet...
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Delays (25 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: Health Services Provision (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: I have made enquiries of the Health Service Executive in relation to this matter. I understand that a response to this particular parliamentary question was issued by the Executive to the Deputy on 12th March 2014.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Claims (25 Mar 2014)
James Reilly: The recent report by Pat McLoughlin on measures to reduce private health insurance costs contained a number of recommendations relating to admission and discharge procedures and processes. The HSE and all health insurers met last week to put a process in place to progress implementation of this and other recommendations and will continue to work together to deal with a range of admission...