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Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I do not believe Deputy Kelleher is involved in this discussion. He will have his opportunity shortly.

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Yes, he is involved in the sense that it was his Government that left the mess behind. It was his Government that reconfigured these hospitals and did not put in-----

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Sorry, but seeing as the Deputy has raised his voice in this debate, let us be clear about this. It was Deputy Kelleher's Government that reconfigured those hospitals and put the horse behind the cart instead of the other way around by closing facilities before new facilities were built. It left it to the next Government to clean up the mess. Deputy O'Donovan made reference to unannounced...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Deputy Kelleher spoke about emergency departments and then spoke about an unfortunate lady who was waiting for four days for an operation but Deputy McNamara made it quite clear that she was not on a trolley in an emergency department.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The way the Deputy spoke about it implied that she was. The Deputy chose to focus on my commitment to explore the lack of a model three hospital in this hospital group and ignored all of the other things that were said with regard to the opening of a paediatric area and an extra 17 beds, as well as our commitment to get the issues around the model two hospitals sorted to ensure that the...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: My goodness. The Deputy's claims would be laughable if the issue was not so serious. His party was in government for 14 years and it did not deal with this matter.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: That Administration did not do anything and now I am expected to clear up the mess it left behind in jig time. That is the issue here, is it not?

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Let us be realistic about this matter. I have not denied that there is overcrowding in our emergency departments and neither have I denied that a problem exists. I have set out to address that problem. The budget relating to home help hours was restored in 2013. In this year's budget, we have taken additional money out of the long-term care nursing home support scheme in order that we...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Universal health insurance will mean that we will have an equitable system which, as befits any proper republic, will cherish all citizens equally.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: That is precisely the direction in which we are moving. All the actions we have taken to date are leading us along the path to that goal. As a doctor, I accept that we must care for those who are acutely ill today. It must not be a case of "Live horse, get grass" and people being obliged to wait for treatment. Last year, for the first time, we counted the number of people on the outpatient...

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: We addressed that issue. I accept that our efforts in this regard have not been completely satisfactory but at least we can now quantify the problem and begin to deal with it.

Topical Issue Debate: Accident and Emergency Services Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Some 99% of people waiting for inpatient procedures were treated in under eight months. When Fianna Fáil was in power, it had neither targets nor figures. It threw billions at the problem and quadrupled the health spend over a 12-year period. However, we still ended up with a dreadful crisis in the health service. In that context and as the Deputy alluded to, on a single day in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: In relation to the specific incident raised by the Deputy, I have asked the Health Service Executive to respond to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: I have been advised by the HSE that the matter was referred to the Assistant National Director HR - Dublin North East for attention on 30th May, 2014 who has subsequently written to arrange a meeting with the person concerned. I understand that as of yesterday 10thJune the person had not yet responded to the HSE.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Application Numbers (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: The table provides the most recent medical card figures, at 1 May 2014, as requested by the Deputy. The HSE collate medical card statistical data by Local Health Office area, and not by county. Local Health Office  Medical Cards Carlow/ Kilkenny  59,323 Cavan/ Monaghan  57,772 Clare  47,242 Cork - North Lee  78,037 Cork - South Lee  60,996 Donegal ...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (11 Jun 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 2014,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 Waiting Lists (11 Jun 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 2014,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: Autism Support Services (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: As the issue raised by the Deputy relates to an individual case, this is a service matter for the Health Service Executive. I have asked the HSE to look into the particular matter raised and to reply directly to the Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Fourth year undergraduate student nurses undertake a 36 week rostered placement as a key part of their degree programme. When doing so, they are not qualified nurses and require supervision. The following pay scales were sanctioned, with the agreement of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, with effect from 1 July 2013. Higher scales have been sanctioned for Mental Health Student...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (11 Jun 2014)

James Reilly: Though the HSE has the capacity to recruit where it is necessary to do so in order to ensure patient safety and to support service delivery, there are difficulties in recruiting certain front-line staff including specialist nurses, consultants and NCHDs at present. I am currently progressing measures to ensure that we will have an adequate supply of highly skilled nurses, consultants and...