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Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Complaints Procedures (10 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Awareness (10 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The Programme for Government commits to the development of a modern, community-based mental health service and to the inclusion of a comprehensive range of mental health services within the standard UHI package. The White Paper on Universal Health Insurance was published by Government on 2 April 2014. The White Paper indicates that under UHI, citizens will have access to a package of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (10 Apr 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: Medical Qualifications Issues (10 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 214 to 216, inclusive, together. Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) is responsible for the external quality assurance of further and higher education and training, and validates programmes and makes awards for certain providers in these sectors. FETAC awards are awarded by QQI. Entry requirements to a FETAC Level 5 course are determined by training...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (10 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As this is an operational matter it has been referred to the Health Service Executive for direct reply.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (10 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I understand that the Health Service Executive wrote to the Deputy on 6 June 2013 in this matter.

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I move amendment No. 1:To delete all words after “Dáil Éireann” and substitute the following: “acknowledges ambulance service personnel for the high quality of care they provide; recognises that: — in the 12 months of 2013, ambulance services responded to over 281,000 emergency calls, an increase of almost 14,000 calls on 2012; — since 2011,...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: At the outset I would like to thank the Deputies for raising this issue and providing me with the opportunity to reaffirm to the House this Government's commitment to the development of our ambulance service. I will deal with some of the points raised. In recent years we have made a very significant investment in the ambulance fleet, in new technology and in our workforce. Indeed, in 2014...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: We are here and we are improving it in a methodical fashion. However, the Deputies have a very short memory - a convenient amnesia brought about, I suppose, by too many years in government.

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: In order to drive improvements in response times, the bar has been raised this year and a new target has been set in the national service plan for 80% of all life threatening calls to be responded to in less than 19 minutes this year. It is worth noting that when this Government took office, as I said, there were no response time targets at all as the previous Government was not even...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I beg Deputy Kelleher's pardon. There was not and they did not measure them, so how could they know? This is the Fianna Fáil modus operandi, of course: if you say it often enough, it becomes so. This goes right back to Charles J. Haughey and his approach to life.

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I should, however, caution that while response times are helpful for performance measurement, they give a very narrow view of service performance and should not be used in isolation. Accordingly, when we are assessing performance, we should also have regard to patient outcome indicators. I am pleased that the first outcome key performance indicator, which is for the return of spontaneous...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: -----but rather of the progress made by the excellent men and women in our health service who work day in and day out. What they have achieved and the progress they have made is remarkable, despite the fiscal fiasco Fianna Fáil left us. They have managed, despite reductions in staff and budgets, to realise a 34% reduction in the number of our people who must wait for long periods on...

Ambulance Service: Motion [Private Members] (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: They were never measured.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Tobacco Control Measures (15 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 plain or generic packaging, means that all forms of branding – trademarks, logos, colours and graphics – would be removed from retail tobacco packaging, except for the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Food Labelling (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 562 and 563 together. EU Regulation 1169/2011 will provide a high level of consumer protection in relation to food and will assist consumers to make more informed decisions and healthier choices. My Department is leading on the implementation of the Regulation and the necessary legislation is currently being drafted. Consultations will take place with other...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: I propose to take Questions Nos. 564 to 566, inclusive, together. 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: Hospital Consultants Contract Issues (15 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: Accident and Emergency Departments Waiting Times (15 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The measurement of the numbers waiting in ED and associated wait time is part of the HSE's performance metrics for hospitals to ensure that patients are admitted to beds within a timely period, once a clinical decision to admit has been made. The performance metrics are also important in measuring evidence of overcrowding so that appropriate escalation measures are invoked. For this reason,...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (15 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.