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Written Answers — Department of Health: National Lottery Funding Applications (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: My Department administers a National Lottery Discretionary Fund from which once-off grants are paid to community and voluntary organisations providing a range of health related services. The application from Newcastle West Rovers was considered to be more appropriate to the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. Accordingly, my Department wrote to them on the 25th September 2013 advising...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the detailed 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: Departmental Budgets (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The total net budget for my Department (Vote 38) for 2014 is almost €202m comprising €186m Revenue and €16m Capital. This funding is for the salaries and expenses of the Office of the Minister for Health and certain other services administered by that Office, including grants to research, consultative and advisory bodies. The April issues, submitted to the Department of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: As this is a service issue the matter has been referred to the HSE for direct reply to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Diabetic RetinaScreen, the national diabetic retinopathy screening programme, commenced screening at the end of February 2013. The HSE National Clinical Programme on Diabetes estimate there are 190,000 diabetics in Ireland. The Diabetic RetinaScreenregister currently has 147,000 people. The programme is firmly on target to meet its HSE Service Plan commitment that all clients on the Diabetic...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Diabetic RetinaScreen, the national diabetic retinopathy screening programme, operates a national call, re-call population screening programme. No referrals are required. This mirrors the approach taken with other population based screening programmes, BreastCheck, CervicalCheck and BowelScreen. Diabetic RetinaScreenprovides a facility to all GPs whereby they can register their patient with...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 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: Hospital Appointments Administration (30 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: Health Services Issues (30 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: Medical Card Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Regulation (EC) 883/04 and Implementing Regulation 987/09 provide for the coordination of social security systems, including healthcare, within the EU/EEA and Switzerland, with the aim of ensuring the free movement of persons. This objective of the Regulation is to ensure that persons exercising their right to move and to stay freely within the EU/EEA and Switzerland do not suffer...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 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: Health Services Expenditure (30 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: Infectious Disease Screening Service (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The Health Protection Surveillance Centre of the HSE is responsible for the surveillance of notifiable infectious diseases such as Lyme Disease. The HPSC intends to establish a Lyme Borreliosis Sub-Committee with the primary aim to examine best practice in prevention and surveillance of Lyme Disease and to develop strategies to undertake primary prevention in order to minimise harm caused by...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointment Status (30 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: Health Services Staff (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: The Haddington Road Agreement provides for a process of negotiation under the auspices of the Labour Relations Commission in relation to this matter in respect of staff working in residential care settings. Following a referral to the Labour Court in early 2014, it was agreed that the matter should be referred back to the Labour Relations Commission for completion of discussions by 31 May...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Bed Data (30 Apr 2014)

James Reilly: Section 55 of the Health Act 1970, as amended, provides the framework for charging private in-patients in public hospitals. Section 13 of the 2013 Health (Amendment) Act introduced an amendment to Section 55 of the Health Act 1970. That section, which came into operation on 1 January 2014, provides that the HSE may provide private in-patient services to persons who are not entitled to, or...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Response Times (30 Apr 2014)

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

Written Answers — Department of Health: Audiology Services Provision (30 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: Hospital Services (30 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 (30 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.