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Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Apr 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: Nursing Staff Remuneration (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: There are no plans to review the pay for graduate nurses. Under the Haddington Road Agreement, nurses participating in the Nurse Graduate Programme are paid 85% of the starting pay of a Staff Nurse in the first year and 90% in the second year. In addition these nurses would also be in receipt of allowances and other premium payments. A major objective of the programme is to put in place...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Inspections (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The provisions of the Health Act 2007 do not confer any powers on the Health Information and Quality Authority to set or monitor standards in private hospitals. However, healthcare professionals, such as doctors and nurses employed in private hospitals, are required to be registered with their relevant professional body. Work is currently underway in my Department on legislative proposals...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Dublin Fire Brigade (DFB) provides emergency ambulance services in Dublin city and county, by arrangement between Dublin City Council and the HSE. The HSE National Ambulance Service (NAS) provides some emergency capacity in the greater Dublin area, as well as non-emergency patient transport. The ongoing development of pre-hospital emergency care involves a range of initiatives, including...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (2 Apr 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: Services for People with Disabilities (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The HSE has recognised the need to increase the level of consistency and standardisation in the way services for children with disabilities are delivered. It is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing therapy resources to multidisciplinary geographic based teams for children as part of the National Programme on Progressing Disability Services for Children and Young People (0-18...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The National Ambulance Service is working to modernise and reconfigure its services to ensure emergency pre-hospital care is delivered in an appropriate and timely manner. As with pre-hospital care in other jurisdictions, development and modernisation is an ongoing process, as technology and clinical standards change. While accepting the need to further improve performance, it is...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: There is no record of payment by my Department to any of the organisations referred to by the Deputy for the period concerned.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As the Deputy will be aware, I received Government approval on 19th November 2013 to proceed with drafting the Public Health (Standardised Packaging of Tobacco) Bill 2013. Standardised packaging, also known as generic packaging, means that all forms of branding – trademarks, logos, colours and graphics – would be removed, except for the brand and variant names, which would be...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Intellectual Property Management (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The report to which the Deputy refers was carried out jointly by the Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market (OHIM) in the EU and the European Patent Office and is the first ever EU-wide study of the impact of Intellectual Property Rights on the European economy in terms of GDP, employment, wages and trade. According to the study, Ireland rates first in terms of GDP share in all...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Apr 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 (3 Apr 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: Disability Support Services Provision (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 236 to 238, inclusive, together. The HSE has recognised the need to increase the level of consistency and standardisation in the way services for children with disabilities, including those with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD), are delivered. It is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing therapy resources to multidisciplinary geographic based...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (3 Apr 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 (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Should a patient's general practitioner consider that the patient's condition warrants an earlier appointment, he or she would be in the best position to take the matter up with the consultant and hospital involved. In relation to the specific hospital appointment query raised by the Deputy, as this is a service matter it has been referred to the HSE for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (3 Apr 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: Departmental Services (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Payments to my Department are made by cheque, postal order or electronic funds transfer to the Department's bank account at the Central Bank. My Department does not have a merchant account. I have requested this information from bodies under the aegis of my Department and will have the relevant details forwarded to the Deputy when it is received.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed queries raised 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: Ambulance Service Provision (3 Apr 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: Services for People with Disabilities (3 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 248 to 250, inclusive, together. The HSE has recognised the need to increase the level of consistency and standardisation in the way services for children with disabilities are delivered. It is currently engaged in a reconfiguration of existing therapy resources to multidisciplinary geographic based teams for children as part of the National Programme on...